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Tornado Statistics
Minnesota Tornadoes - 2002

Date County Location Time (cdt) Path Length (miles) Path Width (yards) F rating
May 28 Wilkin 1 N Nashua 1918 0.2 25 0
May 28 Wilkin Nashua 1929 0.2 25 0
May 29 Kittson 1 S Lancaster to 5 NE Lancaster 1437 - 1452 6 25 0
May 29 Roseau 1 W Badger 1530 0.2 25 0
May 29 Roseau 5 S Badger 1540 0.2 25 0
May 29 Roseau 4 S Roseau 1554 0.2 25 0
June 9 Norman 6 E Ada 0400 0.2 25 1
June 19 Wilkin 4 N Rothsay 1645 0.2 25 2
June 19 Stearns 4 W Sauk Centre 1958 0.3 25 0
June 19 Stearns St. Cloud 2118 0.1 25 0
June 24 Hubbard 3 N Akeley 2222 0.2 25 0
June 24 Hubbard 3 E Akeley 2230 0.2 35 1
June 24 Wright 5 SW Delano 2315 0.3 50 1
June 25 Isanti 4 E Isanti to 5 E Isanti 1930 1 100 1
June 25 Lac Qui Parle into Yel. Medicine 2 S Boyd to 2 S Clarkfield 2010 - 2020 5.5 100 1
July 1 Roseau Swift 1245 0.2 25 0
July 7 Wilkin 5 N Foxhome 2010 0.2 25 0
July 10 Jackson into Martin 10 NE Jackson to 7 WSW Trimont 2007-2011 0.6 50 0
July 18 Steele 1 W Medford 1301 1 50 1
July 25 Polk 2 N Winger to 2 SE Winger 1845 - 1852 3.5 50 1
July 25 Mahnomen 3 NE Bejou to 3 E Bejou 1858 - 1908 3 50 1
July 28 Nicollet 3 E Klossner to 3.5 E Klossner 1740 - 1743 0.5 50 0
August 3 Sibley 3 NE Arlington to 3.5 NE Arlington 1821-1823 0.5 50 0
August 3 Scott 2 ESE Belle Plaine 1854-1856 0.2 25 0
August 11 Mahnomen 1 W Bejou 2005 0.2 25 0
August 11 Clearwater 1 S Bagley 2045 0.2 25 0
August 11 Clearwater 2 S Shevlin 2055 0.2 25 0
August 16 Yel. Medicine 5 E Wood Lake 2043-2046 0.2 25 0
August 26 Polk 7 SE Euclid to 8 SE Euclid 1600 1 25 0
August 26 Red Lake 3 NW Huot to 1 NW Huot 1604 2 25 0
August 26 Red Lake 4 W Brooks 1700 0.2 25 0
August 26 Polk 5 N McIntosh to 4.5 NNE McIntosh 1715 1 25 0
August 26 Becker 9 NNE Lake Park 2015 0.2 25 0
Sept. 10 Wright Albertville 0000 1.1 75 1

Illustration of 2002 Minnesota Tornadoes


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