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Tornado Statistics
Minnesota Tornadoes - 2005

Date County Location Time (cdt) Path Length (miles) Path Width (yards) F Rating Injuries Deaths
March 30 Mower 4 S Adams 1518-1519 1.0 30 0 0 0
April 19 Pope 7 SW Starbuck 1706 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 5 Lake of the Woods Baudette 1340-1341 0.2 25 0 0 0
May 5 Lake of the Woods 3 ESE Carp to 8 ESE Carp 1545-1600 5 25 0 0 0
May 8 Lac Qui Parle 2 NW Haydenville 1920-1921 0.1 20 0 0 0
May 8 Lac Qui Parle 3 S Bellingham 1931-1932 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 8 Rice Shieldsville to 1 E Shieldsville 1940-1944 1.0 25 0 0 0
May 18 Stevens 3 S Donnelly 1845-1846 0.1 30 0 0 0
May 18 Swift 7 S Benson 1903-1905 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 18 Chippewa 10 N Clara City 1928-1930 0.3 25 0 0 0
May 20 Polk 3 SSE East Grand Forks 1707-1709 0.5 50 0 0 0
May 20 Polk 1 NW Fisher 1722 0.2 50 0 0 0
May 21 Polk 6 N Crookston 1518-1519 0.3 75 2 0 0
June 10 Stearns 3 W St. Joseph to 3 WNW St. Joseph 1834-1841 1.0 25 0 0 0
June 10 Stearns 3 WNW St. Joseph 1845-1846 0.1 20 0 0 0
June 10 Stearns 2 WNW St. Joseph 1851-1852 0.1 20 0 0 0
June 10 Stearns 2 NW Sartell 1920-1921 0.1 20 0 0 0
June 11 Chisago/Pine 5 NE Rush City to 8 ESE Rush City 1624-1635 8.0 20 0 0 0
June 11 Clay Felton 1630-1631 0.2 100 0 0 0
June 11 Pine 17 ESE Hinckley to 23 ESE Hinckley 1700-1705 6.0 25 1 0 0
June 11 Pine 6 E Askov 1720 0.1 20 0 0 0
June 13 Douglas 1 W Miltona 1858 0.3 25 0 0 0
June 13 OtterTail 8 N Parkers Prairie - 8.5 N Parkers Prairie 1923-1925 0.5 50 0 0 0
June 19 Polk 3 NNW Euclid 1908 0.2 50 0 0 0
June 20 Grant 4 N Barrett 1040-1041 0.2 100 1 0 0
June 20 OtterTail 4 NW Ottertail - Ottertail 1044-1052 4.0 200 2 0 0
June 20 OtterTail 3 S Bluffton - 3 SSE Bluffton 1114-1115 0.3 200 2 0 0
June 20 Rock/Pipestone 2 SW Jasper to 5 SW Ihlen 1525-1526 1.1 50 0 0 0
June 23 Kittson Orleans - 1 NE Orleans 1622-1625 1.0 200 2 0 0
June 23 Lake of the Woods 7 SE Angle Inlet - 3 S Oak Island 1715-1725 5.0 100 1 0 0
June 23 Polk 5 WNW Fisher - 3 WNW Fisher 1722-1726 2.0 200 2 0 0
June 23 Polk 5 NE Fisher - 6.5 NE Fisher 1734-1737 1.5 200 2 0 0
June 23 Polk 7 WNW Mentor 1744-1745 0.2 50 0 0 0
June 23 Polk/Red Lake 6 SE Euclid - 3 NNW Dorothy 1748-1802 5.0 100 1 0 0
June 23 Polk 2 E Fertile 1820-1821 0.2 50 0 0 0
June 23 Clay/Becker 6 ENE Hawley - 2 NW Lake Park 1925-1930 2.0 100 1 0 0
June 23 Clearwater/Beltrami 3 ENE Leonard - 8 W Puposky 1935-1945 5.0 100 1 0 0
June 23 Beltrami 3 SW Blackduck - 3 SSE Blackduck 2020-2024 2.0 100 1 0 0
June 26 Becker/Hubbard 4 ENE Osage - 4 NW Park Rapids 1535-1543 2.5 100 1 0 0
June 29 Clay/Becker 3 NE Rollag - 4 SSW Lake Park 1705-1715 4.0 100 1 0 0
June 29 Otter Tail 8 NE Fergus Falls - 9 NE Fergus Falls 1710-1715 1.5 200 2 0 0
June 29 Lyon 4 SE Marshall to 6 ESE Marshall 1751-1753 3.0 100 0 0 0
June 29 Cottonwood 9 W Windom to 2 SW Jeffers 1818-1835 9.0 200 0 0 0
June 29 Wadena 3 S Oylen 1840-1841 0.2 25 0 0 0
June 29 Watonwan 3 NW Madelia to 3 NNW Madelia 1951-1959 0.5 50 0 0 0
June 29 Blue Earth 6 ENE Lake Crystal 2022 0.1 20 0 0 0
June 29 Nicollet 1 N St. Peter 2100 0.1 20 0 0 0
July 2 Kittson 5 W Northcote - 2 NW Northcote 1945-2000 4.0 200 2 0 0
July 2 Kittson 1 SE Humboldt - 2.5 SE Humboldt 2006-2012 1.5 200 2 0 0
July 2 Kittson 2 SW Humboldt 2028-2035 2.0 100 1 0 0
July 2 Kittson 3 W Northcote - 6 WNW Northcote 2048-2058 2.0 100 1 0 0
July 2 Kittson 3 S Humboldt - 1.5 S Humboldt 2050-2057 1.5 200 2 0 0
July 2 Kittson 3 W Orleans - 2 NW Orleans 2109-2115 2.0 200 2 0 0
July 2 Kittson 3 NE Northcote - 1 N Northcote 2150-2157 2.0 50 0 0 0
July 2 Kittson 2 NNE Lancaster - 5 NE Lancaster 2250-2300 3.0 50 0 0 0
July 11 Roseau 14 NW Roseau - 3 W Pinecreek 0015-0018 1.0 100 1 0 0
July 11 Roseau 5 NW Haug - 5 NNW Haug 1535-1540 2.0 100 1 0 0
July 11 Marshall 6 SW Middle River - 2 SSE Middle RIver 1440-1452 4.0 50 0 0 0
August 18 Mower 4 N Dexter 1250 0.2 20 0 0 0
August 25 Wilkin 4 S Rothsay 1749-1750 0.2 50 1 0 0
August 25 Otter Tail 2 SSW Edwards - 2.5 S Edwards 1815-1817 1.0 50 1 0 0
September 5 Clay 2 NW Rustad - 3 NNE Rustad 2004-2012 2.5 75 1 0 0
September 12 Yellow Medicine/Chippewa 8 NW Granite Falls - 1 NE Wegdahl 1940-1945 2.0 20 1 0 0
September 12 Hennepin Independence - Corcoran 2215-2220 3.0 30 1 0 0
September 21 Kandiyohi 3 S Atwater 1822 0.1 20 0 0 0
September 21 Hennepin Brooklyn Park 1907 0.3 30 0 0 0
September 21 Anoka Andover 1916 0.3 25 0 0 0
September 21 Anoka Coon Rapids - Blaine 1917-1921 2.0 50 2 1 0

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