Tornadoes · United States · Minnesota

2010 tornadoes in Minnesota

111 tornadoes touched down in Minnesota in 2010, 285 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 3 people and injured 46. 3 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Minnesota in 2010

May 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 24	2:48 PM CDT	EF0	Marshall	4.0	50
May 24	3:48 PM CDT	EF0	Norman	1.0	20

June 17 47 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	3:28 PM CDT	EF0	Norman	1.0	25
June 17	3:43 PM CDT	EF4	Douglas	39.6	2,288	1	5
June 17	3:55 PM CDT	EF0	Otter Tail	0.2	15
June 17	4:00 PM CDT	EF0	Mahnomen	6.0	40
June 17	4:32 PM CDT	EF1	Clearwater	1.0	40
June 17	4:41 PM CDT	EF1	Clearwater	3.0	30
June 17	4:48 PM CDT	EF1	Otter Tail	1.5	40
June 17	4:59 PM CDT	EF4	Wadena	10.0	1,936		20
June 17	5:05 PM CDT	EF0	Faribault	2.6	75
June 17	5:10 PM CDT	EF1	Pennington	2.0	30
June 17	5:17 PM CDT	EF1	Hubbard	6.0	80
June 17	5:23 PM CDT	EF0	McLeod	0.8	25
June 17	5:29 PM CDT	EF1	Clearwater	1.0	40
June 17	5:30 PM CDT	EF0	Wadena	14.8	200			$2,000
June 17	5:37 PM CDT	EF0	Blue Earth	3.0	50
June 17	5:40 PM CDT	EF0	Faribault	1.7	20
June 17	5:44 PM CDT	EF1	Roseau	4.0	40
June 17	5:48 PM CDT	EF0	Hubbard	4.0	30
June 17	5:49 PM CDT	EF0	Hubbard	1.0	30
June 17	5:50 PM CDT	EF1	Polk	7.0	150
June 17	5:54 PM CDT	EF0	Sherburne	0.1	10
June 17	5:56 PM CDT	EF0	Sherburne	2.5	30
June 17	6:00 PM CDT	EF1	Polk	3.0	150
June 17	6:00 PM CDT	EF1	Wright	5.1	50
June 17	6:05 PM CDT	EF0	Faribault	0.9	30
June 17	6:06 PM CDT	EF0	Polk	2.0	75
June 17	6:10 PM CDT	EF0	Faribault	0.4	30
June 17	6:13 PM CDT	EF2	Faribault	1.5	50
June 17	6:15 PM CDT	EF3	Polk	15.0	150	1	2
June 17	6:16 PM CDT	EF1	Red Lake	2.0	50		1
June 17	6:16 PM CDT	EF2	Faribault	2.5	50
June 17	6:23 PM CDT	EF0	Faribault	0.3	50
June 17	6:26 PM CDT	EF1	Marshall	7.0	200
June 17	6:28 PM CDT	EF1	Faribault	0.6	50
June 17	6:33 PM CDT	EF4	Freeborn	16.9	1,760	1	14
June 17	6:55 PM CDT	EF1	Freeborn	1.1	100
June 17	7:05 PM CDT	EF3	Freeborn	18.1	1,320
June 17	7:15 PM CDT	EF1	Freeborn	12.6	600
June 17	7:42 PM CDT	EF1	Freeborn	4.9	220
June 17	7:47 PM CDT	EF3	Freeborn	5.0	600
June 17	8:03 PM CDT	EF1	Freeborn	2.2	220
June 17	8:05 PM CDT	EF0	Aitkin	0.7	25
June 17	8:10 PM CDT	EF3	Steele	4.3	440
June 17	8:25 PM CDT	EF2	Steele	6.6	100		1	$30,000
June 17	8:27 PM CDT	EF0	Steele	5.5	50
June 17	8:44 PM CDT	EF2	Chisago to WI	7.8	400		2	$293,000
June 17	9:03 PM CDT	EF1	Olmsted	2.4	150			$1.9 million

June 21 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 21	2:49 PM CDT	EF0	Marshall	9.6	75
June 21	3:59 PM CDT	EF0	Marshall	2.1	100
June 21	4:30 PM CDT	EF0	Marshall	2.3	50
June 21	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Beltrami	0.1	25

June 25 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 25	5:55 PM CDT	EF2	Brown	0.3	50
June 25	6:30 PM CDT	EF2	Nicollet	4.3	75
June 25	6:55 PM CDT	EF2	Blue Earth	0.9	50
June 25	6:55 PM CDT	EF1	Redwood	2.8	200
June 25	6:58 PM CDT	EF1	Blue Earth	4.3	75
June 25	7:05 PM CDT	EF0	Cottonwood	0.2	50
June 25	7:05 PM CDT	EF2	Blue Earth	1.9	40
June 25	7:09 PM CDT	EF0	Blue Earth	0.3	50
June 25	8:10 PM CDT	EF0	Watonwan	0.9	10
June 25	8:19 PM CDT	EF0	Freeborn	0.9	30
June 25	8:38 PM CDT	EF0	Martin	0.4	30

June 26 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 26	5:47 PM CDT	EF1	Marshall	3.0	100
June 26	8:45 PM CDT	EF0	Polk	8.1	50
June 26	9:11 PM CDT	EF0	Le Sueur	0.3	25
June 26	9:20 PM CDT	EF0	Le Sueur	1.4	50
June 26	9:24 PM CDT	EF0	Faribault	2.7	30
June 26	9:35 PM CDT	EF0	Scott	1.9	50
June 26	9:38 PM CDT	EF0	Faribault	0.5	30
June 26	9:47 PM CDT	EF0	Faribault	0.8	50

July 10 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 10	5:16 PM CDT	EF0	Grant	3.0	30
July 10	5:36 PM CDT	EF0	Grant	0.2	25
July 10	6:24 PM CDT	EF0	Otter Tail	0.4	15
July 10	8:15 PM CDT	EF0	Pope	1.7	50	$200,000

July 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
July 13	8:08 PM CDT	EF0	Clay	0.2	25
July 13	8:11 PM CDT	EF0	Wilkin	2.4	20
July 13	10:09 PM CDT	EF0	Otter Tail	0.2	25

July 14 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 14	6:27 AM CDT	EF1	Otter Tail	8.4	200	$300,000
July 14	7:20 AM CDT	EF0	Wadena	1.0	100
July 14	2:20 PM CDT	EF0	Dakota	3.5	75	$20,000
July 14	2:32 PM CDT	EF0	Dakota	0.0	10	$500
July 14	2:36 PM CDT	EF1	Dakota	1.7	100	$50,000
July 14	6:15 PM CDT	EF0	Pine	0.3	100

July 17 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 17	5:12 PM CDT	EF0	Wadena	0.4	15
July 17	6:50 PM CDT	EF0	Morrison	1.4	30	$250,000
July 17	7:30 PM CDT	EF0	Stearns	0.1	30	$50,000
July 17	7:48 PM CDT	EF0	Wright	4.2	50	$100,000
July 17	8:22 PM CDT	EF0	Murray	0.5	50
July 17	8:44 PM CDT	EF0	Washington	5.2	50	$50,000

July 22 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 22	5:51 PM CDT	EF0	Beltrami	4.7	15
July 22	6:30 PM CDT	EF0	Otter Tail	1.0	15
July 22	8:05 PM CDT	EF1	Douglas	0.6	30	$50,000

July 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 27	10:11 AM CDT	EF0	Otter Tail	0.4	15

August 7 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 7	6:25 PM CDT	EF0	Wilkin to ND	0.2	25
August 7	6:46 PM CDT	EF0	Wilkin	1.0	15
August 7	6:58 PM CDT	EF1	Otter Tail	4.0	75
August 7	7:33 PM CDT	EF0	Otter Tail	0.2	25
August 7	7:35 PM CDT	EF1	Grant	21.0	100	$25,000
August 7	7:59 PM CDT	EF1	Otter Tail	2.2	75

August 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 11	1:58 PM CDT	EF0	Watonwan	0.1	20			$5,000

August 12 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 12	5:54 PM CDT	EF0	Lac qui Parle	1.1	25
August 12	6:05 PM CDT	EF0	Lac qui Parle	0.4	25	$25,000
August 12	6:22 PM CDT	EF0	Lac qui Parle	0.6	35	$100,000
August 12	7:44 PM CDT	EF1	Stearns	6.2	100	$500,000
August 12	8:00 PM CDT	EF0	Stearns	0.2	30	$50,000

August 13 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
August 13	3:04 AM CDT	EF1	Dakota	1.5	125	1	$750,000
August 13	3:22 PM CDT	EF1	Dodge	4.9	140		$110,000
August 13	5:35 PM CDT	EF0	Blue Earth	0.1	25
August 13	5:40 PM CDT	EF0	Olmsted	0.0	25

Crossed into Minnesota

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Minnesota. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	5:21 PM CDT	EF1	Walsh, ND to MN	5.0	50
August 7	6:25 PM CDT	EF4	Wilkin, ND to MN	5.0	600

Nearby

Every tornado in Minnesota since 1950 Warnings in force in Minnesota The live radar over Minnesota

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.