Tornado, Stevens
- When
- August 31, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13.9 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -95.770
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 31, 1973
3 tornado, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $525,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mille Lacs
- When
- August 31, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County
- Coordinates
- 45.600, -93.670
Tornado, Becker
- When
- August 31, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Becker County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.780, -95.920
Tornado, Otter Tail
- When
- August 31, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 46.520, -95.300
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 in Connecticut, August 31, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 31, 1973
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 31, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 31, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 31, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 31, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 31, 1973
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 31, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 31, 1973
- Tornado in Kansas, August 31, 1973
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: 10052380, 10052381, 10052382, 10052383.