Minnesota, 1994Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, October 6, 1994
October 6, 1994 · 5 events in 3 counties and zones
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- October 6, 4:01 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.413, -96.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A small tornado skipped along a path north of Ivanhoe damaging crops in several area fields.
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- October 6, 5:10 PM CST to 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Waseca to Ivanhoe
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -96.250
A small tornado skipped along a path north of Ivanhoe damaging crops in several area fields.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- October 6, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Ivanhoe
- Coordinates
- 44.413, -96.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm winds tipped a trailer and tore shingles from a roof near Ivanhoe.
Tornado, Traverse
- When
- October 6, 5:20 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Traverse County, Browns Valley
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.600, -96.730
A small tornado traveled along an intermittent path east of Browns Valley damaging several buildings on a local farmstead.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- October 6, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Coordinates
- 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a storage building and damaged several grain bins.
- 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.
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, October 6, 1994$402,000 · F1 · 27 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, October 6, 1994$206,000 · F1 · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 6, 19941 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in Nebraska, October 6, 19941.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornado in North Dakota, October 6, 1994F0 · 1 event
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: 10331366, 10331367, 10331368, 10330853, 10330585.