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It is also known as the 1969 Minnesota tornado outbreak and the 1969 North Woods tornado outbreak. The most destructive tornado of the outbreak was a 33-mile-long (53 km) violent F4 that leveled miles of timberland and farmland across portions of Crow Wing, Cass, and Aitkin counties in Minnesota, killing at least 12 people and injuring 70 others.
All 11 injuries occurred in Mitchell County. The tornado was probably a family of several tornadoes, and it may have been continuous with the F3 tornado near Harmony, Minnesota, listed farther below. [6] South Dakota: F1: Near Elkton: Brookings: 2045 34.7 miles (55.8 km) Three farms were reported damaged. [7] North Dakota: FU: W of Leal: Barnes ...
The following is a list of Minnesota weather records observed at various stations across the state during the Over 160 years. Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. Due to its location in the northern plains of the United States its climate is one of extremes.
Earliest tornado outbreak in Minnesota history. A long-track F4-rated wedge struck Comfrey, Minnesota, killing one person. An F3 tornado struck St. Peter, Minnesota, causing another fatality. Le Center, Minnesota, sustained major damage from a large F2 tornado. (7 significant, 1 violent, 2 killer) Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998: April 6 ...
A mile north, the tornado weaked and damaged several grain bins at EF2 intensity near County Road 29. The tornado was 1,300 yards (1,200 m) at this point in its life, and the tornado continued to weaken past this point. A farmstead sustained EF1 damage as the tornado moved past, and the tornado dissipated several minutes later, at 7:15 pm. [11 ...
The 48 tornadoes that touched down in Minnesota on June 17 marked the most active single day in the state's history. [1] June 17 was the second largest tornado day on record in the meteorological summer, behind the most prolific day of the 2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak on June 24, 2003.
On August 21, 1883, a devastating tornado affected southeastern portions of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The massive tornado, retrospectively estimated to have been an F5 on the modern Fujita scale, [nb 2] caused at least 37 deaths and over 200 injuries.
1881 Minnesota tornado outbreak; 1883 Rochester tornado; 1886 St. Cloud–Sauk Rapids tornado outbreak; 1892 Southern Minnesota tornado; 1918 Tyler tornado; 1919 Fergus Falls tornado; Tornado outbreak of June 19, 1951; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 25–27, 1951; Tornado outbreak of June 23–24, 1952; 1953 Waco tornado outbreak; Fargo tornado