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Tornado Statistics
Minnesota Tornadoes - 2006

DateCountyLocationTime (cdt)Path Length (miles)Path Width (yards)F RatingInjuriesDeaths
May 7 Polk 2 NE Mentor 1617-1618 0.2 25 0 0 0
May 7 Polk 2 SE McIntosh to 2.5 SE McIntosh 1740-1741 0.5 50 1 0 0
June 5 Otter Tail 12 E Henning to 13 E Henning 1640-1642 1.0 50 1 0 0
June 5  Grant  8 WSW Hoffman to 7 WSW Hoffman 1730-1734 1.5 50 1 0 0
June 24  Norman 4 NE Twin Valley 1727 0.1 25 0 0 0
June 26 Otter Tail 4 NE Amor to 4 ENE Amor 2003-2005 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 27 Kittson/Marshall 3 ENE Donaldson to 6 NNE Stephan 1702-1712 3.5 100 1 0 0
July 27 Red Lake/Polk 1 E Huot to 4 NNE Gentilly 1846-1854 2.5 50 0 0 0
July 27 Red Lake 4 SSW Red Lake Falls to 6 S Red Lake Falls 1857-1908 2.5 50 0 0 0
July 27 Lac Qui Parle 2 WNW Dawson to 1.5 WNW Dawson 1926-1928 0.5 35 0 0 0
August 1 Cottonwood 3 SE Mountain Lake 1854 0.5 20 0 0 0
August 1 Watonwan 5.5 SW Butterfield to 5 SSW Butterfield 1914-1919 1.5 440 3 0 0
August 1 Watonwan 4 SSW St James to 4 S St James 1933-1942 3.0 100 1 0 0
August 1 Watonwan 4 S St James to 3.5 SSE St James 1944-1947 1.0 50 1 0 0
August 5 Roseau 5 NE Salol to 3 WNW Warroad 1841-1856 5.0 200 1 0 0
August 5 Roseau 1 WNW Warroad to 1 ESE Warroad 1902-1914 4.0 600 3 0 0
August 5 Roseau/Lake of the Woods 1 N Swift to 8 NW Williams 1922-1940 8.0 50 0 0 0
August 5 Roseau/Lake of the Woods 3 NE Skime to 6 WSW Norris Camp  1925-1945 10 100 1 0 0
August 16  Roseau 9 W Ross to 6 WSW Ross 1800-1807 3.0 50 0 0 0
August 24 Brown 2.5 N Searles to 3 SE New Ulm  1708-1712 0.5 30 0 2 0
August 24 Nicollet/Le Sueur 4 WSW Nicollet to 4 NW Waterville 1730-1825 33 880 3 37 1
September 16
Meeker 0.5 E Darwin to 4 NE Darwin 2045-2048 3.5 50 0 0 0
September 16
McLeod 2 W Biscay to 1 W Biscay 2046-2048 1.0 30 0 0 0
September 16
Wright 2 S South Haven to 1.8 S South Haven 2102-2103 0.2 25 0 0 0
September 16
Hennepin/Anoka 3 W Rogers to Ramsey 2152-2204 8.0 100 2 0 1

Illustration of 2006 Minnesota Tornadoes


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