Minnesota, 1996

Tornado in Minnesota, June 6, 1996

June 6, 1996 · NWS MPX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Several outbuildings and a house rooftop damaged.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.

Several outbuildings and a house rooftop damaged.

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Carver

When
June 6, 12:15 PM CST
Where
Carver County, 2 mi SE of Norwood
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
50 yd
Coordinates
44.750, -93.880

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5566469.