AN MD88 FLC SUFFERS A PARTIAL LOSS OF ACFT CTL AND TAILSKID STRIKE DURING AN EARLY ROTATION IN A XWIND TKOF AT MSP; MN.

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RWY BRAKING ACTION RPTED AS GOOD AFTER IT HAD BEEN PLOWED AND SANDED. WIND WAS 80 DEGS XWIND AT 25 KTS. ATIS RPTED GUSTS TO 35 KTS. RWY 12L AT MSP; WIND WAS 040 DEGS AT 25 KTS. DURING TKOF ROLL; AFTER V1 BUT PRIOR TO VR; I NOTICED THAT THE ACFT HAD A TENDENCY TO DRIFT SLIGHTLY R OF CTRLINE AND THE NOSE BEGAN TO DIVERGE SLIGHTLY TO THE L. I PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE. THE ACFT WAS VERY HVY. I PULLED A LITTLE FURTHER. I GOT A MOMENTARY STALL WARNING; RELEASED SOME BACK PRESSURE AND CONTINUED THE TKOF AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL DECK ANGLE. A SHORT WHILE LATER; THE AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME THAT SHE HEARD WHAT APPEARED TO BE A TAIL STRIKE ON TKOF. WE NOTIFIED THE COMPANY AND CONCURRED TO CONTINUE THE FLT TO ATLANTA BUT AT A REDUCED ALT OF FL250 AND A REDUCED AIRSPD OF 280 KIAS. THE FLT WAS NORMAL. UPON ARR AT ATL; WE INSPECTED THE TAILSKID AND SAW THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT PAINT SCRAPE ON THE TIP OF THE TAILSKID BUT NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. IN RETROSPECT; I WISH THAT I HAD ASKED THE TWR HOW OFTEN OR HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN SINCE SHE HAD WITNESSED WIND GUSTS OVER 30 KTS SINCE THAT IS THE MAX XWIND FOR MY ACFT. THE INFO WE USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE OFF WAS THE WIND INFO THAT SHE GAVE TO US AND THE 2 ACFT THAT DEPARTED AHEAD OF US. IN ALL 3 CASES; THE WIND WAS STEADY LESS THAN 30 KTS. I THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED A GUST OVER 30 KTS BTWN V1 AND VR CAUSING THE ACFT TO WXVANE SLIGHTLY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 541126: CAPT FELT ACFT BEGINNING TO DRIFT. CAPT STARTED TO ROTATE PRIOR TO VR; AND CONTINUED WITH AN AGGRESSIVE ROTATION RATE. UPON LNDG; TAILSKID AND SOME DRAINS HAD MINOR DAMAGE. DIFFERENCE BTWN V1 AND VR OF 26 KTS MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN EARLY ROTATION PLUS POOR APPLICATION OF XWIND CTLS AND/OR RECOGNIZING REASON FOR PERCEIVED DRIFT.