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Tornado Statistics
Minnesota Tornadoes - 2004

Date County Location Time (cdt) Path Length (miles) Path Width (yards) F Rating Injuries Deaths
April 18 Nobles 2 SW Adrian to 1.5 SW Adria 1720 - 1722 0.5 100 1 0 0
April 18 Brown 6 N Evan 1735 0.1 15 0 0 0
April 18 Redwood 1 E Revere to 2 NE Revere 1803 - 1806 1.5 50 0 0 0
April 18 Redwood 5 NE Lamberton to 1 SW Clements 1829 - 1844 7 50 1 0 0
May 9 Sherburne Big Lake to 1 E Big Lake 1700 - 1705 1 50 0 0 0
May 9 Hennepin Greenfield 1721 0.3 25 1 0 0
May 9 Rock 2 N Luverne to 1 N Magnolia 2007 - 2014 6 100 1 0 0
May 9 Nobles 1 E Ellsworth to 1.5 E Ellsworth 2018 - 2020 0.5 50 0 0 0
May 11 Wilkin 3 NE Kent 1830 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 11 Wilkin 5 W Rothsay 1858 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 11 OtterTail Dunvilla 1940 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 11 OtterTail 3 N Vergas 2022 - 2025 0.5 25 0 0 0
May 11 Becker 3 W Frazee 2025 - 2029 0.5 25 0 0 0
May 11 Becker 2 S Shoreham 2105 0.2 50 1 0 0
May 11 OtterTail 4 NW Vergas 2115 0.2 50 1 0 0
May 16 Murray 1 W Hadley to Hadley 1930 - 1933 1 100 0 0 0
May 19 Kittson 1 S Humboldt to 2 SE Humboldt 1905 - 1909 1.5 150 3 0 0
May 19 Kittson 4 W Donaldson 1938 0.1 25 0 0 0
May 30 Sherburne Clear Lake to 1 NE Clear Lake 1535 - 1540 0.5 30 0 0 0
May 30 Chisago 5 WSW Rush City 1928 - 1929 0.3 25 0 0 0
May 30 Goodhue 6 E Zumbrota 1928 - 1929 0.5 25 0 0 0
June 11 Lyon Minneota 1459 - 1500 0.1 50 0 0 0
June 11 Faribault 4 WNW Easton to 2 N Easton 1648 - 1700 6 100 0 0 0
June 11 Freeborn 3 NW Freeborn to 5 NNE Freeborn 1726 - 1734 4 50 1 0 0
June 11 Freeborn 3 E Hartland 1740 0.1 25 0 0 0
June 11 Mower 2 SW LeRoy to 4 NW LeRoy 1805 - 1813 4 150 3 0 0
June 11 Fillmore 4 SW Spring Valley 1830 - 1832 0.2 20 0 0 0
June 11 Mower 2 NE Dexter 1853 - 1855 0.2 20 0 0 0
June 11 Mower 3 W LeRoy 1931 - 1933 0.2 20 0 0 0
June 12 Lincoln/Yellow Medicine 8 N Wilno to 1 W Porter 2045 - 2051 1.6 100 1 0 0
June 12 Lyon 2 NW Minneota 2115 - 2116 0.1 50 0 0 0
June 16 Fillmore 3 NW Harmony 1400 - 1402 0.2 20 0 0 0
June 16 Mower 2 W Grand Meadow 1540 - 1542 0.2 20 0 0 0
July 10 Clay 1.5 W Rustad to 0.5 W Rustad 0844 - 0847 1 50 1 0 0
July 12 Clay 2 N Glyndon 2232 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 12 Clay 7 WNW Rollag to 3 ESE Rollag 2252 - 2312 10 50 1 0 0
July 12 Becker 4 W Comorant 2313 - 2314 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 12 OtterTail 7 WNW Dunvilla to 2 W Dunvilla 2315- 2325 5 50 1 0 0
July 12 OtterTail 3 SE Dunvilla to Dent 2330 - 2355 14 50 1 0 0
July 13 OtterTail 1 NW Richville 0005 - 0006 0.5 25 0 0 0
July 31 Nobles 3 W Adrian 1921 - 1924 0.5 100 1 0 0
July 31 Nobles 1 N Ellsworth 1956 - 1958 0.5 50 0 0 0
August 2 Wilkin 4 N Rothsay 0306 - 0307 0.5 25 0 0 0
August 2 OtterTail 4 NE Rothsay to 8 SE Rothsay 0315 - 0325 7 100 1 0 0
August 2 OtterTail 14 W Otter Tail to 2 SW Otter Tail 0405 - 0425 12 100 1 0 0
August 8 Kittson 3 ESE Lake Bronson to 4 E Lake Bronson 1538 - 1543 2 25 0 0 0
August 8 Marshall 6 S Holt to 7 SSE Holt 1602 - 1606 1 50 1 0 0
August 8 Sherburne 3 E Zimmerman 1735 0.1 25 0 0 0
August 8 Beltrami 3 W Debs 1750 - 1752 0.5 25 0 0 0
August 8 Kittson 1 NW Kennedy 1813 - 1814 0.2 25 0 0 0
August 8 Beltrami 1 NW Turtle River 1822 - 1823 0.3 25 0 0 0
August 8 Kittson 4 WSW Karlstad 1903 - 1904 0.3 25 0 0 0
August 8 Kittson 2 W Karlstad 1909 - 1910 0.3 25 0 0 0
August 29 Polk 1 W Neilsville to 1 ESE Neilsville 1730 - 1735 2 25 0 0 0
August 29 Todd 3 S Clarissa 1847 0.2 25 0 0 0
August 29 Todd 3 SSE Browerville 1900 0.3 50 0 0 0
September 5 OtterTail 8 SW Perham to 4 SW Perham 1520 - 1530 4 100 2 0 0
September 5 Jackson 13 S Lakefield 1715 2 50 0 0 0
September 23 Traverse 8 NE Browns Valley to 9 NE Browns Valley 1453-1455 1 50 1 0 0

October 29

Morrison 3 SSW Buckman to 1 SW Buckman 1810-1815 1.5 100 0 0 0

Illustration of 2004 Minnesota Tornadoes


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