Minnesota, 1964

Tornadoes in Minnesota, September 9, 1964

September 9, 1964 · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

6 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Property damage
$103,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

6 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Marshall

When
September 9, 4:20 PM CST
Where
Marshall County
Rating
F1
Path length
3.6 mi
Path width
223 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
48.420, -96.070

Tornado, Clay

When
September 9, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Clay County
Rating
F1
Path length
6.4 mi
Path width
200 yd
Property damage
$30
Coordinates
46.880, -96.250

Tornado, Becker

When
September 9, 5:40 PM CST
Where
Becker County
Rating
F1
Path length
6.6 mi
Path width
200 yd
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
46.970, -96.170

Tornado, Otter Tail

When
September 9, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Otter Tail County
Rating
F1
Path length
40.3 mi
Path width
150 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
46.520, -95.220

Tornado, Wadena

When
September 9, 7:40 PM CST
Where
Wadena County
Rating
F1
Path width
33 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
46.700, -94.850

Tornado, Cass

When
September 9, 8:15 PM CST
Where
Cass County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
200 yd
Property damage
$3,000
Coordinates
46.930, -94.530

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Minnesota in 1964Every state in 1964This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1964

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10055538, 10055539, 10055540, 10055541, 10055542, 10055543.