Tornadoes · United States · Minnesota

Tornadoes in Faribault County, Minnesota

42 tornadoes have crossed Faribault County since 1950, 1 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 12th of the 87 counties in Minnesota with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.8 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 2. None was rated F4 or above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  7. 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.

Now

Tornadoes
42
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
EF2, June 17, 2010

The strongest

  1. EF2, Faribault County, MinnesotaJune 17, 2010EF2, 2.5 mi (4 km)
  2. EF2, Faribault County, MinnesotaJune 17, 2010EF2, 1.5 mi (2 km)
  3. F2, Faribault County, MinnesotaJune 23, 1981F2, 1.0 mi (2 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 23 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Faribault County. Each year links to every tornado in Minnesota that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20261EF1
20251EF0
20241EF0
20211EF1
20182EF1
20171EF1
20121EF0
201011EF2
20093EF0
20041F0
19992F0
19983F1
19971F0
19911F1
19901F1
19851F1
19813F2
19801F1
19781F0
196722F1
19641F0
19591F1
19581F1

Every tornado that crossed Faribault County

42 tornadoes, newest first. 2 of them touched down in a neighboring state and ran in, so the record files them under that state rather than Minnesota. The 1 at the top is this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and its rating is marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 13, 20267:15 PM CDTEF1Faribault4.550
June 25, 20253:39 PM CDTEF0Faribault1.825
August 5, 20247:28 PM CDTEF0Faribault4.850
December 15, 20216:48 PM CSTEF1Winnebago to MN2.990$50,000
September 20, 20185:52 PM CDTEF1Martin6.5220$1.5 million
May 25, 20182:40 PM CDTEF0Faribault0.420
March 6, 20175:04 PM CSTEF1Faribault9.3200
May 4, 20125:45 PM CDTEF0Faribault3.450$250,000
June 26, 20109:47 PM CDTEF0Faribault0.850
June 26, 20109:38 PM CDTEF0Faribault0.530
June 26, 20109:24 PM CDTEF0Faribault2.730
June 17, 20106:28 PM CDTEF1Faribault0.650
June 17, 20106:23 PM CDTEF0Faribault0.350
June 17, 20106:16 PM CDTEF2Faribault2.550
June 17, 20106:13 PM CDTEF2Faribault1.550
June 17, 20106:10 PM CDTEF0Faribault0.430
June 17, 20106:05 PM CDTEF0Faribault0.930
June 17, 20105:40 PM CDTEF0Faribault1.720
June 17, 20105:05 PM CDTEF0Faribault2.675
June 21, 20098:18 PM CDTEF0Faribault0.05
June 21, 20098:08 PM CDTEF0Faribault0.35$1,000
June 21, 20097:36 PM CDTEF0Faribault0.05$1,000
June 11, 20044:48 PM CDTF0Faribault6.0100
August 9, 19998:47 PM CDTF0Faribault0.10
August 9, 19998:41 PM CDTF0Faribault0.10
June 27, 19985:51 PM CDTF1Faribault1.050
June 27, 19985:46 PM CDTF0Faribault0.550
May 15, 19983:10 PM CDTF1Faribault0.150
July 13, 19977:55 PM CDTF0Faribault4.050$100,000
March 20, 19914:20 PM CSTF1Faribault15.0300$50,000 to $500,000
June 12, 199012:07 AM CDTF1Faribault0.213$5,000 to $50,000
September 8, 19855:40 PM CDTF1Faribault0.310$5,000 to $50,000
June 23, 19815:39 PM CDTF2Faribault1.030$50,000 to $500,000
June 23, 19815:25 PM CDTF0Faribault0.120
June 23, 19815:20 PM CDTF0Faribault0.120
May 29, 19805:22 PM CDTF1Faribault2.080$50,000 to $500,000
July 19, 19784:15 PM CDTF0Faribault0.577$5,000 to $50,000
June 14, 196712:30 AM GMT-5F1Faribault35.610$50,000 to $500,000
April 2, 196712:30 AM GMT-6F1Winnebago to MN7.22002$50,000 to $500,000
June 8, 196410:00 PM GMT-5F0Faribault0.110$500 to $5,000
May 5, 19592:00 AM GMT-5F1Faribault0.310$5,000 to $50,000
May 26, 19587:00 PM GMT-5F1Faribault0.110

Nearby

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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.