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The 1919 Fergus Falls tornado was a large and destructive tornado that struck Fergus Falls, Minnesota on Sunday, June 22, 1919. It killed 57 people and is the second deadliest tornado in Minnesota's history (1st was the 1886 Sauk Rapids tornado). This tornado occurred just 10 months after a tornado in Tyler, Minnesota killed 36 people. That ...
1919 Fergus Falls tornado: June 22, 1919: Fergus Falls, Minnesota – 57 fatalities, 200 injured: F5 tornado leveled many homes in Fergus Falls, killing 57 people. 35 of the deaths were at the three-story Grand Hotel, which was completely destroyed.
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; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–23, 1957
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
2021 Western Kentucky tornado: Fergus Falls, Minnesota: 1919 June 22: 57 200 F5 1919 Fergus Falls tornado (Grazulis, p. 764) 46: Wesson—Beauregard—Georgetown, Mississippi: 1883 April 22: 56 300 F4 (Grazulis, p. 617) 47: Warren, Arkansas: 1949 January 3: 55 435 F4 (Grazulis, p. 941) Fort Smith—Van Buren, Arkansas: 1898 January 11: 55 113 F4
Two major tornadoes hit Fergus Falls during the early 20th century, the second, the 1919 Fergus Falls tornado, being the greater. The only church edifice left standing after the great cyclone was the predominantly black Baptist church.
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.