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Tornadoes in northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest and central Wisconsin Main Tornado page
Background Information Documentation History Fujita Scale	Statistics (1850-Present) State Statistics County Numbers County Statistics Last Tornado Occurrence Intensity Ratio Tornadoes vs. Month Tornadoes vs. Time	Records (1850-Present) Largest Outbreaks Strongest Longest Track Most in a Year Most in a Month Deadliest Most Injuries Earliest in the Year Latest in the Year

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Wabasha County (MN) Tornadoes*
1850-2006

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Date			Time	Location	Other  Counties  Affected	Length (miles)	Width (yards)	Deaths**	Injuries**	F-Scale
Month	Day	Year
3	29	1998	1707-1710 CST	Wabasha 3W to Wabasha 2W	None	1.5	50	0	0	F0
			A tornado touched down briefly, but no damage was reported. This tornado was part of the family of tornadoes that ravaged Comfrey and St.Peter, Minnesota earlier in the day.
6	17	1984	1831 CST	Mazeppa 2W	None	0.2	30	0	0	F0
			Touchdown was along the Goodhue-Wabasha county line.
5	17	1982	1632-1715 CST	Chatfield (MN) to Buffalo City	Buffalo (WI) Olmsted Winona	29	800	0	3	F2
			This tornado originally touched down near Chatfield (Olmsted Co.) and moved northeast through sections of Winona and Wabasha Counties in southeast Minnesota before crossing into western Wisconsin. Eleven barns were destroyed, 12 homes were damaged, and three people were injured from flying glass. All 3 people injured were in Buffalo County.
6	7	1971	1432 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F0
5	5	1965	2025 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F0
8	28	1964	0100 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F2
7	21	1883	1200 CST	Elgin	Olmsted	7	300	1	8	F2
			The tornado moved northeast through the town of Elgin.  There was $60,000 damage as about 20 homes and 8 businesses were torn apart.  Every building in town was damaged to some degree.
4	13	1883	2200 CST	Zumbro Falls	None	?	?	0	0	F2
			A wagon shop and store/home were destroyed at Zumbro Falls.
* 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 Monday, January 23, 2005 - Jeff Boyne