Storm History: Waseca County, Minnesota
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Waseca County, Minnesota: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 492
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 28
- Damage
- $85 million
- Episodes
- 361
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 141 | 6 | 25 | $79 million |
| Hail | 103 | 0 | 0 | $205,000 |
| Winter Storm | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 48 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Blizzard | 33 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $4.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $26,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 3 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 30, 1967
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1996
- Tornado, August 1, 1978
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Tornado, May 14, 1961
- Tornado, June 9, 1963
- Tornado, April 29, 1970
- Tornado, June 28, 1979
- Tornado, June 4, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2010
- Tornado, May 11, 2022
- Tornado, March 19, 2012
- Tornado, May 8, 2014
- Hail, June 2, 2020
- Hail, June 17, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2003
- Hail, April 12, 2022
- Tornado, July 23, 1973
- Tornado, June 13, 1983
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 30, 1967
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Tornado, June 14, 1981
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Tornado, July 27, 1987
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Tornado, May 14, 1961
- Tornado, June 9, 1963
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, April 29, 1970
- Tornado, August 18, 1980
- Tornado, June 13, 1981
- Tornado, June 23, 1981
- Tornado, June 13, 1983
Every episode, newest first
- Blizzard, March 14, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2026
- Blizzard, February 18, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Blizzard, January 16, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2025
- Blizzard, December 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2025
- Hail, September 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 20, 2024
- Tornado, August 5, 2024
- Tornado, July 13, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Wildfire, March 3, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 22, 2023
- Hail, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Hail, June 24, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Hail, May 11, 2022
- Tornado, May 11, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 2022
- Hail, April 12, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, August 28, 2021
- High Wind, June 11, 2021
- High Wind, April 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Hail, September 5, 2020
- Hail, August 9, 2020
- Tornado, July 11, 2020
- Hail, June 2, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Blizzard, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2019
- Tornado, August 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2019
- Tornado, July 5, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Tornado, September 20, 2018
- Hail, August 31, 2018
- Tornado, August 27, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2017
- Tornado, July 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2017
- Hail, June 2, 2017
- Hail, May 15, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2016
- Tornado, August 18, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Hail, June 30, 2016
- Hail, June 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, February 7, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2015
- Hail, May 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Hail, September 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2014
- Tornado, May 8, 2014
- Hail, May 7, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2014
- Blizzard, February 26, 2014
- Blizzard, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 22, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2012
- Tornado, March 19, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, July 10, 2011
- Tornado, July 1, 2011
- Tornado, May 22, 2011
- Tornado, May 21, 2011
- Flood, March 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2010
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2010
- Winter Storm, November 12, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Hail, September 15, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2010
- Tornado, July 17, 2010
- Tornado, June 26, 2010
- Tornado, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Hail, April 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Tornado, June 17, 2009
- Heavy Rain, May 6, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Blizzard, January 12, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Blizzard, December 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Tornado, July 17, 2008
- Hail, May 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 31, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, August 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2007
- Hail, July 3, 2007
- Hail, June 20, 2007
- Tornado, May 23, 2007
- High Wind, May 6, 2007
- Hail, April 30, 2007
- Hail, March 21, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2006
- Hail, October 3, 2006
- Hail, September 26, 2006
- Tornado, September 16, 2006
- Tornado, August 24, 2006
- Heat, July 30, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Hail, June 14, 2006
- Hail, May 8, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2006
- Hail, August 9, 2005
- Tornado, June 29, 2005
- Hail, June 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2005
- Flood, May 12, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2005
- Blizzard, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2005
- High Wind, December 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2004
- Tornado, June 12, 2004
- Tornado, June 11, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2004
- High Wind, April 18, 2004
- Tornado, April 18, 2004
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2003
- Tornado, July 14, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2003
- Blizzard, February 11, 2003
- Hail, July 30, 2002
- Hail, June 25, 2002
- Hail, June 12, 2002
- Hail, May 28, 2002
- Hail, May 8, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2002
- Heat, August 4, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 30, 2001
- Tornado, June 18, 2001
- Tornado, May 9, 2001
- Tornado, May 1, 2001
- High Wind, April 7, 2001
- Flood, April 1, 2001
- Dense Fog, March 30, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Waseca CountyEvery warning in Waseca County since 1986Every county in Minnesota
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.