Hail, Stearns
- When
- July 25, 5:35 PM CST to 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County, 2 mi S of Spring Hill
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -94.850
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 2000
16 hail, 7 funnel cloud, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 25
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), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:37 UTC.
Event by event
16 hail, 7 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Renville
- When
- July 25, 5:36 PM CST to 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Sacred Heart
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.783, -95.350
Hail, Renville
- When
- July 25, 5:45 PM CST to 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 1 mi W of Renville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -95.233
Funnel Cloud, Renville
- When
- July 25, 6:05 PM CST to 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 10 mi S of Bird Island
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.727, -94.947 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud, McLeod
- When
- July 25, 6:20 PM CST to 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County, 2 mi W of Hutchinson
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.824, -94.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud, Sherburne
- When
- July 25, 6:30 PM CST to 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County, Princeton
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 45.444, -93.775 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Renville
- When
- July 25, 6:45 PM CST to 6:48 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 4 mi S of Hector
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -94.717
Hail, Renville
- When
- July 25, 6:49 PM CST to 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 5 mi N of Fairfax
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -94.717
Funnel Cloud, McLeod
- When
- July 25, 6:57 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County, 1 mi W of Winsted
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.824, -94.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, McLeod
- When
- July 25, 7:02 PM CST to 7:04 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County, Winsted
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.967, -94.050
Tornado, Carver
- When
- July 25, 7:15 PM CST to 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County, 2 mi NE of Mayer
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -93.833
Six to ten acres of corn flattened.
Hail, Wright
- When
- July 25, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County, Montrose
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.067, -93.917
Tornado, Hennepin
- When
- July 25, 7:25 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County, St Bonifacius
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -93.750
No damage reported.
Funnel Cloud, Hennepin
- When
- July 25, 7:46 PM CST to 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County, Mound
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.005, -93.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud, Nicollet
- When
- July 25, 7:48 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, 3 mi W of Klossner
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -94.247 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud, Nicollet
- When
- July 25, 8:13 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, 3 mi NW of Mankato
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -94.247 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Blue Earth
- When
- July 25, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County, 5 mi W of Mankato
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.167, -94.117
Hail, Nicollet
- When
- July 25, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, Nicollet
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.283, -94.200
Hail, Nicollet
- When
- July 25, 8:53 PM CST to 8:57 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, North Mankato
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.183, -94.017
Hail, Blue Earth
- When
- July 25, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County, Mankato
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.167, -94.017
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- July 25, 9:25 PM CST to 9:28 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County, 2 mi N of Madelia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.083, -94.417
Hail, Blue Earth
- When
- July 25, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County, Eagle Lake
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.167, -93.883
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- July 25, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County, Madelia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -94.417
Hail, Blue Earth
- When
- July 25, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County, 4 mi ENE of Amboy
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -94.100
Hail, Faribault
- When
- July 25, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County, Easton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.767, -93.917
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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.
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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: 5163545, 5163546, 5163547, 5163548, 5163549, 5163550, 5163551, 5163552, 5163553, 5163629, 5162908, 5162913, 5162907, 5162909, 5155481, 5162910, 5162914, 5155479, 5162911, 5155475, 5162912, 5155476, 5155480, 5155477, 5155478.