Houston County, Minnesota Tornadoes

Tornadoes in northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest and central Wisconsin
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Records (1850-Present)

Houston County (MN) Tornadoes*
1850-2006

Date			Time	Location	Other Counties Affected	Length (miles)	Width (yards)	Deaths**	Injuries**	F-Scale
Month	Day	Year	Time	Location	Other Counties Affected	Length (miles)	Width (yards)	Deaths**	Injuries**	F-Scale
8	23	1997	2006-2010 CST	Caledonia 3NW to Caledonia 2.5NW	None	0.5	80	0	0	F0
			A brief tornado touchdown heavily damaged a farm house. Boards were blown through a bedroom wall and glass debris was strewn throughout the house.
4	8	1991	1200 CST	Freeburg	None	3	30	0	0	F1
			A tornado skipped along a 3-mile path from west to east of Freeburg. A chimney was blown off the top of a roof and many large trees snapped in half killing two head of livestock. Numerous farm buildings were damaged or destroyed.
5	29	1978	1425 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F1
6	27	1977	2000 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F1
8	25	1965	1800 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F1
5	5	1965	2000-2020 CST	Money Creek 1NW to Mindoro 1W	La Crosse (WI) Winona	30	150	0	1	F3
			Moved east-northeast from northwest of Money Creek, crossing the Mississippi River near Dakota, MN, and passing between Mindoro and Stevenson, WI. Several barns and a brick school house were destroyed. A dozen Wisconsin farms lost buildings and 1 person (La Crosse County) was injured when a car was thrown 75 feet.
5	5	1965	1945-2124 CST	Nora Springs 2N (IA) to Yucatan (MN)	Fillmore Floyd (IA) Howard (IA) Mitchell Winneshiek (IA)	80	150	0	17	F4
			Moved east-northeast from 2 miles north of Nora Springs, passing 3 miles north of Cresco and lifting near Yucatan, MN. The only F4 damage was to two large farm houses, 3 miles northwest of Kendallville in Winneshiek County. About 28 farms lost buildings in Iowa. Six people were injured in Minnesota, as homes and barns were destroyed near Canton, Lenora, and Newburg (Fillmore County). Six people were injured in Floyd County and 5 in Howard County.
6	10	1960	1945 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F1
6	28	1942	2000 CST	Wilmington & Winnebago Townships	None	10	30	0	0	F2
			Moved east-northeast across the southern part of the county, in Wilmington and Winnebago townships. Two barns were destroyed with damage estimates at $10,000.
5	23	1933	1500 CST	Reno 5S to Sparta	La Crosse (WI) Monroe (WI) Vernon (WI)	35	100	0	3	F2
			A family of two or three small tornadoes moved northeast from the southeast corner of Houston County, passing 3 miles south of Coon Valley and ending near Sparta. Two tornadoes may have actually crossed the Mississippi River. A dozen barns and farm houses were unroofed, mostly near Coon Valley (Vernon Co.).
6	6	1906	1745 CST	Caledonia 3SW to Coon Valley 10NE	La Crosse (WI) Vernon (WI)	33	300	4	26	F4
			Moved east-northeast from 3 miles southwest of Caledonia, crossing the Mississippi River about 12 miles south of La Crosse, and ending 10 miles northeast of Coon Valley (Vernon Co.). A mother and two children were killed as their farm near Freeburg, MN was leveled. One child was carried about half a mile. Fifteen people were injured in rural Minnesota homes. Fourteen homes were damaged or destroyed in Wisconsin, with 1 death occurring 2 miles east of Stoddard.
6	6	1906	1645 CST	Burr Oak to Spring Grove 3S	Winneshiek (IA)	15	100	0	3	F3
			This storm moved east-northeast out of Iowa. A large brick home was destroyed southeast of Newhouse, just inside the Minnesota border. Clothes from the home were found over three miles away. One boy was severely injured, and may have died later. He had been closing windows on the second floor when the tornado struck.
* The data in this table came from *Storm Data* and *Significant Tornadoes--1680-1991* by Thomas P. Grazulis. ** Injuries and Deaths are for the entire tornado track.

Last Updated Sunday, January 22, 2006 - Jeff Boyne

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