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Tornado Statistics
Minnesota Tornadoes - 2001

Date County Location Time (cdt) Path Length (miles) Path Width (yards) Injuries Deaths F Rating
May 1 Blue Earth 3 NW Mapleton 1655 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 1 Steele 1 N Hope 1832 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 1 Freeborn Glenville to 3 N Myrtle 1902-1910 7 440 0 0 2
May 1 Freeborn 4 SW Oakland to 2 SE Oakland 1915-1924 5 250 0 0 2
May 1 Freeborn/Mower 1 E Oakland to 4 N Austin 1929-1940 6 250 0 0 1
May 1 Mower 3 SW Elkton to 2 SW Elkton 1952-1954 0.3 50 0 0 0
May 1 Olmsted 5 E Stewartville to 5.5 E Stewartville 2006-2008 0.2 50 0 0 0
May 9 Sibley 3 NW Green Isle 1834 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 9 Sibley 2 ESE Green Isle to 5 SE Green Isle 1848-1855 3 50 0 0 0
May 9 Scott 3 SE Belle Plaine to 4 SE Belle Plaine 1923-1930 1 50 0 0 0
May 9 Scott 4 N New Prague 1929-1930 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 9 Scott 2 NE New Prague 1940 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 9 Rice 4 N Lonsdale 1945-1947 0.1 50 0 0 0
May 9 Scott 1 NW New Market 1945 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 9 Rice/Dakota/ Goodhue Northfield to 4 W Cannon Falls 2000-2019 12 50 1 0 2
May 9 Kanabec 7 NW Quamba to 6 NW Quamba 2023-2028 0.5 50 0 0 0
May 15 Red Lake 2 NE Brooks 1612 0.5 25 0 0 0
May 15 Red Lake 3 W Oklee 1623 0.5 25 0 0 0
May 15 Red Lake 1 NE Oklee 1635 0.5 25 0 0 0
May 15 Polk 3 N Gully 1653 0.5 10 0 0 0
May 15 Clearwater 3 NNE Shevlin 1712 0.5 25 0 0 0
May 15 Beltrami 2 SW Pinewood 1715 0.5 25 0 0 0
May 15 Beltrami 8 W Redlake 1732 0.5 25 0 0 0
June 1 Wright 2 E Maple Lake 1310-1312 2 25 0 0 0
June 10 Yellow Medicine 3 S Clarkfield 0119-0120 0.1 25 0 0 0
June 10 Lyon 5 W Cottonwood 0123 0.1 50 0 0 0
June 11 Swift 2 SW Danvers 1440 0.1 20 0 0 0
June 11 Swift Danvers 1443 0.1 20 0 0 0
June 11 Swift Danvers 1444 0.1 25 0 0 0
June 11 Swift 4 E Danvers 1448-1449 0.1 20 0 0 1
June 11 Swift 4 ENE Danvers 1449-1450 0.1 20 0 0 0
June 11 Todd 4 ESE Long Prairie 1455-1456 0.1 20 0 0 0
June 11 Swift 2 SE De Graff 1500-1502 0.5 25 0 0 0
June 11 Swift Benson to De Graff 1506-1522 8 150 7 0 2
June 11 Swift 1 NW Kerkhoven 1533 0.2 25 0 0 0
June 11 Kandiyohi 1 NW Willmar 1550-1552 0.5 25 0 0 0
June 11 Swift 9 N Kerkhoven to 9NNE Kerkhoven 1527-1530 2 50 0 0 1
June 11 Kandiyohi 1 SW Sunburg to 5 SE Sunburg 1530-1535 5 50 0 0 1
June 11 Kandiyohi 8 SE Sunburg to 7 W New London 1539-1541 2 50 0 0 1
June 11 Kandiyohi 5 W Spicer to 4 W Spicer 1547-1549 1 50 0 0 1
June 11 Meeker 1 WSW Litchfield 1625-1626 0.5 50 0 0 1
June 11 Scott 2 W New Market 1800-1801 0.5 50 0 0 1
June 12 Nobles 2 E Bigelow 2205 0.1 50 0 0 0
June 13 Grant 8 SE Barrett 1740-1743 0.5 25 0 0 0
June 13 Big Stone 3 E Odessa 1812-1817 0.5 25 0 0 0
June 13 Otter Tail/Todd 1 W Parkers Prairie to 3 WNW Bertha 1853-1918 12 100 3 0 3
June 13 Grant 6 E Norcross 1859 0.5 25 0 0 0
June 13 Douglas 5 NE Nelson 1900-1901 0.1 25 0 0 0
June 13 Pipestone Pipestone 1910 0.2 50 0 0 0
June 13 Lincoln 4 SW Lake Benton 1912 0.1 50 0 0 0
June 13 Lincoln 1 W Tyler 1912 0.1 50 0 0 0
June 13 Lyon 5 E Florence 1912 0.1 50 0 0 0
June 13 Lincoln Verdi 1918 0.5 100 0 0 1
June 13 Todd 7 E Long Prairie 1944-1945 0.1 25 0 0 0
June 13 Morrison 2 N Flensburg to 2 N Darling 2000-2010 4 50 0 0 2
June 13 Crow Wing 1 S Brainerd to 1.5 E Brainerd 2010-2020 5 880 0 0 2
June 13 Lincoln 3 SW Tyler 2020 0.1 50 0 0 0
June 13 Todd 5 ESE Long Prairie 2032-2033 0.1 25 0 0 0
June 13 Lincoln 8 W Lake Benton to 7 W Lake Benton 2046-2050 2 100 0 0 1
June 16 Otter Tail 14 W Dalton 1645 0.5 25 0 0 0
June 18 Isanti/Kanabec 2 E Day to 4 S Grasston 1922-1936 8.3 50 0 0 1
July 17 Beltrami 3 W Redby 1724 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 17 Beltrami Saum 1724 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 17 Beltrami 3 SW Funkley 1756 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 17 Beltrami 5 NW Funkley 1758 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 17 Beltrami Funkley to 1 E Funkley 1800-1805 1 25 0 0 0
July 18 Kittson 2 S Orleans 1600 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 18 Lake of the Woods Lude 1905 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 18 Marshall 4 NE Gatzke 2005 1 50 0 0 1
July 31 Lake of the Woods 4 S Graceton 1730 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 31 Beltrami 12 SW Ponemah 1815 Unknown Unknown 0 0 0
August 8 Polk Gully 2105 0.5 50 0 0 1
August 8 Clearwater 2 N Gonvick 2110 0.5 25 0 0 0
Sept. 9 Dakota 3 NW Lakeville 1855 0.1 10 0 0 0

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