Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 6, 1969

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 6, 1969
Start: 1969-08-06T12:00
End: 1969-08-06T21:38
Location: Minnesota

August 6, 1969 · 20 events in 8 counties and zones

15 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 15
Injuries: 109
Property damage: $16 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 20

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

15 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Clearwater

When: August 6, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Clearwater County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 47.580, -95.280

Thunderstorm Wind, Clearwater

When: August 6, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Clearwater County
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 47.580, -95.280

Tornado, Beltrami

When: August 6, 12:15 PM CST
Where: Beltrami County
Rating: F0
Path width: 33 yd
Coordinates: 47.500, -94.850

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: August 6, 12:30 PM CST
Where: Polk County
Coordinates: 47.580, -95.680

Tornado, Cass

When: August 6, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Cass County
Rating: F3
Path length: 17.3 mi
Path width: 167 yd
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 46.720, -94.730

Tornado, Crow Wing

When: August 6, 3:48 PM CST
Where: Crow Wing County
Rating: F4
Path length: 9.9 mi
Path width: 833 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 46.780, -94.220

Tornado, Cass

When: August 6, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Cass County
Rating: F4
Path length: 12.3 mi
Path width: 833 yd
Deaths: 12 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 70 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 46.830, -94.020

Tornado, Aitkin

When: August 6, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Aitkin County
Rating: F4
Path length: 10.1 mi
Path width: 833 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 46.900, -93.770

Tornado, St. Louis

When: August 6, 4:25 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Rating: F3
Path length: 10 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 9 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 47.600, -92.830

Tornado, Aitkin

When: August 6, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Aitkin County
Rating: F3
Path length: 12.5 mi
Path width: 1,500 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 46.900, -93.450

Tornado, St. Louis

When: August 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Rating: F2
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 47.730, -92.280

Tornado, St. Louis

When: August 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Rating: F2
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 47.770, -92.270

Tornado, St. Louis

When: August 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Rating: F3
Path length: 7.2 mi
Path width: 220 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 47.800, -92.280

Tornado, St. Louis

When: August 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Rating: F3
Path length: 18.4 mi
Path width: 2,933 yd
Injuries: 20 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 46.950, -92.980

Tornado, St. Louis

When: August 6, 5:15 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Rating: F3
Path length: 3.8 mi
Path width: 250 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 47.820, -92.130

Tornado, St. Louis

When: August 6, 5:35 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Rating: F2
Path length: 1.9 mi
Path width: 193 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 47.870, -91.930

Tornado, St. Louis

When: August 6, 5:50 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5.7 mi
Path width: 117 yd
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 47.050, -92.150

Tornado, St. Louis

When: August 6, 6:00 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Rating: F3
Path length: 11.5 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 47.030, -91.970

Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted

When: August 6, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Olmsted County
Coordinates: 44.000, -92.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted

When: August 6, 9:38 PM CST
Where: Olmsted County
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 43.880, -92.500

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Aitkin	1969-08-06				Direct

What these are

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.
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

Every storm in Minnesota in 1969 Every state in 1969 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Minnesota, 1969

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: 10055650, 10055651, 10055652, 10055653, 10055654, 10055655, 10055656, 10055657, 10055658, 10055659, 10055660, 10055661, 10055662, 10055663, 10055664, 10055665, 10055666, 10055667, 10055668, 10055669.