Minnesota, 2000Tornadoes in Minnesota, August 7, 2000
August 7, 2000 · NWS FSD · 5 events in 2 counties and zones
5 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $650,000
- 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.
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- August 7, 7:50 PM CST to 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Lakefield
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.683, -95.183
A tornado damaged several buildings, including businesses and homes, a grain elevator, and trees as it touched down along highway 86 in Lakefield.
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- August 7, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Bergen
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.783, -95.000
A tornado caused damage to farm buildings and crops. The amount of crop damage was not determined.
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- August 7, 8:22 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Bergen
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.783, -95.000
A tornado caused damaged to farm buildings.
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- August 7, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 5 mi NE of Lakefield
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.733, -95.117
A tornado caused extensive damage to a family owned dairy farm.
Tornado, Cottonwood
- When
- August 7, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County, Jeffers
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -95.200
A tornado destroyed a barn and damaged other farm buildings. The tornado also caused crop damage, but the amount of crop damage was not determined.
- 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.
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 7 to 10, 20005 deaths · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Illinois, August 7, 20003 deaths · $1.0 million · 1 event
- Heat in Missouri, August 7 to 12, 20003 deaths · 3 events
- Heat in Texas, August 7, 20002 deaths · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, August 7, 20001 death · $913,000 · 1 in hail · 16 events
- Wildfire in Wyoming, August 7 to 18, 20001 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 7, 2000$1.1 million · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, August 7, 2000$1.0 million · 1.25 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 7, 2000$1.0 million · 78 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail in South Dakota, August 7, 2000$1.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 7, 2000$520,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 7 to 8, 2000$105,000 · 1.75 in hail · 30 events
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: 5172081, 5172082, 5172083, 5172374, 5172427.