Tornado, Swift
- When
- June 13, 4:56 PM CST
- Where
- Swift County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -95.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 13, 1968
7 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 150
- Property damage
- $7.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
7 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Swift
- When
- June 13, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Swift County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -95.280
Tornado, Chippewa
- When
- June 13, 5:03 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -95.650
Tornado, Carver
- When
- June 13, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 44.720, -93.670
Tornado, Murray
- When
- June 13, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Rating
- F5
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -95.750
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- June 13, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Rating
- F5
- Path length
- 6.8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Deaths
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 150 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -95.700
Tornado, Redwood
- When
- June 13, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Rating
- F5
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -95.580
Tornado, Crow Wing
- When
- June 13, 8:11 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.180, -94.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- June 13, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -92.780
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10052509, 10052510, 10052725, 10052726, 10052727, 10052728, 10052729, 10052730, 10052731.