Hail, Renville
- When
- June 26, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 5 mi W of Bechyn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -95.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 26, 1999
8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:35 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Renville
- When
- June 26, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 5 mi NE of Bechyn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -95.020
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- June 26, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County, 3 mi E of Blomkest
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -94.970
Hail, Morrison
- When
- June 26, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County, 1 mi S of Pierz
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.970, -94.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- June 26, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 1 mi SE of Franklin
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -94.870
Trees down over power lines. Estimated Windspeed.
Tornado, Stearns
- When
- June 26, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County, 2 mi W of Avon
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.620, -94.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- June 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County, 5 mi N of Kimball
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.380, -94.300
Barn blown down. Estimated Windspeed.
Tornado, Nicollet
- When
- June 26, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, 8 mi WSW of Lafayette
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -94.550
Metal taken off outbuilding. Numerous trees down in river valley east of Fort Ridgely State Park.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- June 26, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 1 mi N of Sleepy Eye
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -94.730
Tree down across portion of Highway 4. Estimated Windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nicollet
- When
- June 26, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, 2 mi S of St George
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -94.530
Trees toppled, estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- June 26, 5:59 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, New Ulm Arpt
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -94.500
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- June 26, 6:17 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County, 3 mi NE of Darfur
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Blue Earth
- When
- June 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County, 6 mi W of Lake Crystal
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -94.330
Trees felled. Estimated Windspeed.
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- June 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County, Darfur
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -94.830
Hail, Martin
- When
- June 26, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County, 6 mi N of Trimont
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -94.720
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- June 26, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County, 1 mi S of Odin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -94.750
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5708304, 5708305, 5708306, 5708307, 5708315, 5708313, 5708316, 5708314, 5708317, 5708319, 5708308, 5708309, 5708318, 5708310, 5708311, 5708312.