Funnel Cloud, Chisago
- When
- July 9, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago County, Harris
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.503, -92.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes in Minnesota, July 9, 1999
3 funnel cloud, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:28 UTC.
Event by event
3 funnel cloud, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Chisago
- When
- July 9, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago County, 1 mi W of Stark
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.503, -92.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Chisago
- When
- July 9, 11:28 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago County, 2 mi E of Almelund
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -92.770
A shed and a few trees blown down.
Tornado, Chisago
- When
- July 9, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago County, 3 mi N of Center City
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -92.830
Tornado touched down in open field.
Tornado, Chisago
- When
- July 9, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago County, 1 mi SW of Palmdale
- Measured
- 50
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -92.770
A few trees down.
Funnel Cloud, Kanabec
- When
- July 9, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County, 4 mi SW of Grasston
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.945, -93.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1999
- Wildfire in Virginia, July 9, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, July 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1999Warnings in Minnesota, July 1999
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: 5715108, 5715109, 5715110, 5715111, 5715112, 5715113.