Tornadoes · United States · Minnesota

Tornadoes in Sibley County, Minnesota

37 tornadoes have crossed Sibley County since 1950, 19th of the 87 counties in Minnesota with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.1 years. They have killed 1 person and injured 190. 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
37
Deaths
1
Injuries
190
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F3, May 6, 1965

The deadliest in Sibley County

  1. F2, Carver and Sibley counties, MinnesotaMay 6, 19651 killed, 175 injured

The strongest

  1. F3, Sibley and McLeod counties, MinnesotaMay 6, 1965F3, 15.5 mi (25 km)
  2. F2, Cottonwood, Brown, Nicollet and Sibley counties, MinnesotaJune 23, 1952F2, 104.8 mi (169 km)
  3. F2, Carver and Sibley counties, MinnesotaMay 6, 1965F2, 11.2 mi (18 km)
  4. F2, Renville and Sibley counties, MinnesotaJune 24, 2003F2, 5.5 mi (9 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 21 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Sibley County. Each year links to every tornado in Minnesota that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20221EF0
20211EF0
20202EF1
20191EF0
20174EF1
20111EF0
20081EF0
200345F2
20021F0
20012F0
19981F0
19972F0
19954F1
19941F1
19891F1
19852F1
19832F0
19791F1
19701F0
196531175F3
1952110F2

Every tornado that crossed Sibley County

37 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 11, 20227:37 PM CDTEF0Carver5.550
September 17, 20212:34 AM CDTEF0Sibley1.650$2,000
July 25, 20206:37 PM CDTEF0Sibley0.215
July 25, 20206:31 PM CDTEF1Sibley1.950
July 5, 20195:45 PM CDTEF0Sibley0.225
August 16, 20177:21 PM CDTEF0Sibley0.625
August 16, 20176:26 PM CDTEF0Sibley4.175
August 16, 20176:15 PM CDTEF0Sibley1.460
August 16, 20175:33 PM CDTEF1Nicollet5.275
May 28, 20112:38 PM CDTEF0Sibley0.125
June 11, 20089:06 PM CDTEF0Sibley0.325
June 24, 20038:10 PM CDTF1Renville1.5100$500,000
June 24, 20037:33 PM CDTF2Renville5.58805$15 million
June 24, 20037:30 PM CDTF0Sibley3.050
June 24, 20036:46 PM CDTF1Renville4.5100$500,000
August 3, 20026:21 PM CDTF0Sibley0.550
May 9, 20016:48 PM CDTF0Sibley3.050
May 9, 20016:34 PM CDTF0Sibley0.125
June 26, 19988:07 PM CDTF0Sibley0.130
August 30, 19971:40 AM CDTF0Sibley0.150
July 13, 19977:20 PM CDTF0Sibley0.150
July 21, 19958:21 PM CDTF0Sibley0.110
July 21, 19958:03 PM CDTF1Sibley1.5100
July 21, 19957:57 PM CDTF0Sibley0.110
July 21, 19957:50 PM CDTF0Sibley0.110
June 30, 19947:45 PM CDTF1Sibley0.130
May 24, 19894:06 PM CDTF1Sibley6.040
May 15, 19853:05 PM CDTF0Sibley0.110
May 14, 19856:26 PM CDTF1Carver3.0100$5,000 to $50,000
June 13, 19839:02 PM CDTF0Sibley0.150$5,000 to $50,000
June 13, 19838:30 PM CDTF0Sibley1.050$5,000 to $50,000
June 28, 19797:00 PM CDTF1Sibley5.630$50,000 to $500,000
June 25, 19708:30 PM CDTF0Sibley0.113
May 6, 19657:43 PM GMT-5F2Carver11.26671175$5 million to $50 million
May 6, 19657:34 PM GMT-5F3Sibley15.5167$5 million to $50 million
May 5, 19656:45 PM GMT-5F1Sibley11.210$5,000 to $50,000
June 23, 19529:30 PM GMT-5F2Cottonwood104.822010$500,000 to $5 million

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.