Tornado, Itasca
- When
- June 9, 6:10 PM CST to 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Itasca County, Warba to 3 mi WNW of Warba
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 47.130, -93.320
Tornado in Minnesota, June 9, 1999
A weak, short-lived tornado knocked down at least 30 to 40 trees on the west side of Shallow Lake. It also caused minor damage to residences and a boat dock.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 DLH wrote it up.
A weak, short-lived tornado knocked down at least 30 to 40 trees on the west side of Shallow Lake. It also caused minor damage to residences and a boat dock. There were three confirmed sightings of the tornado.
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:09 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Iowa, June 9 to 15, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 9, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 9 to 10, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 9 to 10, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 9, 1999
- Wildfire in California, June 9 to 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 9, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Indiana, June 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 9, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1999Warnings in Minnesota, June 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: 5704936.