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Tornadoes in northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and
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| Background Information | Statistics (1850-Present) | Records (1850-Present) |
1850-2006
| Date | Time | Location | Other
Counties Affected |
Length
(miles) |
Width
(yards) |
Deaths** | Injuries** | F-Scale | ||
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| 9 | 13 | 2005 | 1417-1422 CST | Homen 3N to Stevenstown 3SW | None | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | F1 |
| A tornado touched down near County Highway V between Holmen and Stevenstown (La Crosse County), knocking down several trees along Flatten and Mahlum Road. In fact, trees fell just ahead of and behind a school bus, which was stopped on Flatten Road. Other damage inlcuded a small boat being overturned and a fallen tree damaging a home on Mahlum Road. | ||||||||||
| 5 | 15 | 1998 | 1840-1844 CST | West Salem 3W to West Salem 2NW | None | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | F0 |
| A tornado touched down near Tims Hill between Onalaska and West Salem on Highway 16 shearing the tops of trees. Further northeast, the tornado crossed a ridge and demolished a barn northwest of West Salem injuring a woman inside. | ||||||||||
| 6 | 28 | 1995 | 1815 CST | Onalaska | None | 0.3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | F0 |
| A cold air funnel touched down and ripped off a swimming pool cover, tar paper, and blew twigs into the air some 200 feet. The tornado was said to have made a high pitch whistling noise and looked like a white pillar reaching about 300 feet into the air. | ||||||||||
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23 | 1981 | 1830 CST | Neshonoe Lake | None | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 | F1 |
| A tornado developed over Neshonoe Lake and moved southeast across the lake. It hit the Lakeview Farm and then moved southeast to County Highway B. | ||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 1980 | 2010 CST | St. Joseph 2S to Coon Valley 1W | Vernon | 3 | 70 | 0 | 0 | F2 |
| Several barns and four homes were damaged. One home was unroofed. One barn was destroyed and nine cattle were killed. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 16 | 1972 | 1450 CST | Galesville 2S to New Amsterdam 3N | Trempealeau | 4.3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | F1 |
| A tornado touched down 2 miles southwest of Galesville. At 1605 CST, the tornado was observed by State Patrol deputies moving southeast across open country. | ||||||||||
| 6 | 15 | 1967 | 1700 CST | Mindoro 2E | None | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | F0 |
| A tornado moved east 2 miles east of Mindoro. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 10 | 1966 | 2100 CST | Near La Crosse | None | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | F1 |
| 7 | 10 | 1966 | 2100 CST | Near Onalaska | None | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 | F1 |
| 5 | 5 | 1965 | 2000-2020 CST | Money Creek 1NW to Mindoro 1W | Houston (MN)
Winona (MN) |
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 | 14 | 1961 | 1350 CST | La Crosse | None | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | F2 |
| The tornado touched down several times as it moved north-northeast in the southeast part of La Crosse. It wrecked several garages and sheds, and also uprooted trees. | ||||||||||
| 4 | 19 | 1957 | 1430 CST | Holmen | None | 2.5 | 150 | 0 | 0 | F2 |
| 4 | 26 | 1954 | 1535 CST | Camp Decorah (between Holman and Galesville) | None | 5.6 | ? | 0 | 0 |
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| 5 | 23 | 1933 | 1500 CST | Reno 5S to Sparta | Houston (MN)
Monroe Vernon |
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.). | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1930 | 1930 CST | Holmen 2S to Tomah | Monroe | 33 | 100 | 0 | 15 | F3 |
| This tornado skipped into Monroe County. Most of the damage was north of West Salem and the west and north edges of Sparta (Monroe County). Homes and barns were destroyed. Damage estimates were $150,000. | ||||||||||
| 8 | 20 | 1928 | 1800 CST | New Amsterdam 3N to West Salem 2S | None | 15 | 400 | 0 | 3 | F3 |
| Three farm homes and five barns were destroyed. Many cattle were killed. Damage was estimated at $60,000. | ||||||||||
| 8 | 11 | 1907 | 0730 CST | La Crosse to Tomah | Monroe | 30 | ? | 0 | 2 | ? |
| A tornado tracked from near La Crosse eastward along where Interstate 90 is currently toward Tomah. Property damage was estimated at $100,000. | ||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 1906 | 1745 CST | Caledonia 3SW to Coon Valley 10NE | Houston (MN)
Vernon |
33 | 300 | 4 | 26 | F4 |
| A severe tornado
occurred passing about 12 miles south of La Crosse. It was first
observed in northeastern Iowa near Burr Oak. Passing east northeast
near Reno, Minnesota and Stoddard, Wisconsin where it croseed the river,
it was last observed in the town of Washington, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
West of Portland about 2 miles. Its path curved slightly to the northeast
as it progressed, and was about 55 miles long. It destroyed all buildings
in its path, killed 4 persons and injured eighteen. The property
loss was estimated at $70,000 exclusive of timber and crops, which latter
were not damaged to any great extent, the season being early. The
tornado was characterized by many people as a violent phenomena usual to
these storms. There was comparatively little electrical violence,
nor was the rainfall unusual. Its crossing the river near Stoddard
was marked by a well defined waterspout formation and it destroyed a heavy
wooden railway bridge across the Racoon Creek near Stoddard. Its
action on the steep bluffs and the high ravines was peculiar in that the
windward or southwest exposure suffered far less damage as shown by prostrated
timber than the northeast slopes, where the full vortecular effect was
very evident; where as the southwest slopes instead of showing trees thrown
in all directions as is usual, the trees were with few exception were thrown
to the left, from one side of the track to the other - about 400 yards
wide - many of the trees on these slopes were broken off about 15 feet
above ground. Another peculiar feature was the decreased violence
on top of the bluffs, which are here about 400 feet above the vally, and
the immediate resumption of full destruction not only in the deep ravines
but in the valleys to the lee of the steep declivities as well as lee sides
of the declivities themselves. The path of the storm averaged about
400 yards wide where its action could be determined in timbered portion.
The vortex was very distinct and regular, and compared with the height
of the bluffs seemed about 800 feet long, rapidly widening at the top.
Hail fell on the northward side of the track. It took something less
than two hours to travel its course -- it traveled at approximately 25
miles an hour.
Moved east-northeast from 3 miles southwest of Caledonia (Houston), 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. |
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| 8 | 8 | 1905 | Unknown | La Crosse | None | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | F1 |
| This tornado touched down near La Crosse, crossing the Mississippi River, and just missed an excursion steamer with 500 people on board. | ||||||||||
| 7 | 24 | 1875 | 2040 CST | La Crosse | None | ? | ? | ? | 10 | F1 |
| A small tornado moved southeast across the city of La Crosse. Many homes had roof damage. A circus tent was torn apart with some injuries during the ensuing panic. | ||||||||||
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The
data in this table came from Storm Data, Significant
Tornadoes--1680-1991 by Thomas P. Grazulis, and Wisconsin
Tornado Database 1950-2000 Geographic Techniques Report No. ST-WTDB01.
** Injuries and Deaths are for the entire tornado track. |
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Last Updated Sunday, January 22, 2006 - Jeff Boyne
