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On August 6, 1969, a destructive tornado outbreak affected portions of the Upper Midwest —principally north-central Minnesota. The severe weather event generated 14 confirmed tornadoes, killed 15 people, and caused 109 injuries. To date, the outbreak remains the deadliest on record in the North Woods region of Minnesota.
Alan Cunningham McIntosh (October 7, 1905 – July 23, 1979) was editor of the Rock County Star-Herald of Luverne, Minnesota. He was president of the Minnesota Newspaper Association in 1949. The association now recognizes individuals who have provided exceptional service to the field of journalism with its Al McIntosh Distinguished Service to ...
Luverne (/ l ə ˈ v ɜːr n / lə-VURN) [3] is a city in and the county seat of Rock County, Minnesota, United States, along the Rock River. The population was 4,946 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is one of four towns profiled in the 2007 Ken Burns documentary The War .
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale. 2Time from first tornado to last tornado. The May 15, 1998 Minnesota storms were several instances of severe thunderstorms that impacted much of Minnesota on May 15, 1998. A combination of tornadoes, downbursts and large hail combined to cause $1.5 billion (1998 USD) in damage across the state.
The 1968 Tracy tornado was an extremely powerful tornado that struck Tracy, Minnesota on Thursday, June 13, 1968, at around 7:00 p.m. [1] Rated F5 on the Fujita scale, the tornado killed nine people and injured 125 others. [1] The tornado tracked nine miles (14 km) through Murray, Lyon and Redwood counties in southwestern Minnesota.
The Tornado outbreak of August 24, 2006, was an outbreak of 14 tornadoes in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota on August 24, 2006. The outbreak spawned three F3 tornadoes, one of which caused a fatality in Kasota, Minnesota. The severe weather outbreak also produced many reports of severe hail which caused $130 million in damage across ...
The June 2010 Northern Plains tornado outbreak was one of the most prolific summer tornado outbreaks in the Northern Great Plains of the United States on record. The outbreak began on June 16, with several tornadoes in South Dakota and Montana. The most intense storms took place the following day across much of eastern North Dakota and much of ...
The 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak was an unseasonably-strong tornado outbreak which affected the Upper Midwest region of the United States on March 29, 1998. A strong area of low pressure combined with a warm front and favorable upper-level dynamics to produce 16 tornadoes across the region—14 in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin.