Thunderstorm Wind, Wadena
- When
- July 15, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wadena County
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -95.080
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 15, 1969
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- July 15, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Coordinates
- 46.080, -95.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- July 15, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -95.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- July 15, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Coordinates
- 46.500, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- July 15, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -95.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- July 15, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -95.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Crow Wing
- When
- July 15, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Coordinates
- 46.380, -93.900
Tornado, Hennepin
- When
- July 15, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -93.580
Tornado, Stearns
- When
- July 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -94.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- July 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -94.500
Tornado, Dakota
- When
- July 15, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 63 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -92.870
Tornado, Goodhue
- When
- July 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -92.470
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 15, 1969
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, July 15, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 1969
- Tornado in Montana, July 15, 1969
- Tornado in Colorado, July 15, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 15, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 15, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 15, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 15, 1969
- Hail in Nebraska, July 15, 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: 10055634, 10055635, 10055636, 10055637, 10055638, 10055639, 10055640, 10055641, 10055642, 10055643, 10055644, 10055645.