Tornado, Dakota
- When
- July 13, 6:29 AM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.620, -93.270
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 13, 1969
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- July 13, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- July 13, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -93.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- July 13, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -92.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- July 13, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- July 13, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- July 13, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -92.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- July 13, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -92.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- July 13, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -93.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- July 13, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -93.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Freeborn
- When
- July 13, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -93.280
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 13, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 13, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 13, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 13, 1969
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, July 13, 1969
- Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 13, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 13, 1969
More
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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: 10054558, 10054559, 10054560, 10054561, 10054562, 10054563, 10054564, 10054565, 10054566, 10055416, 10055417.