Kanabec County, Minnesota tornado history

12 tornadoes recorded in or across Kanabec County from 1955 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Kanabec County

The Storm Prediction Center records 12 tornadoes whose paths touched Kanabec County, Minnesota between 1955 and 2019. They killed 2 people and injured 2. The busiest month is June, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 3 July 1985. The most recent was on 21 September 2019.

  • 12tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 230per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Kanabec County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0433%
F1 / EF1542%
F2 / EF2325%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Kanabec County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1990s.1950s11960s11970s11980s21990s32000s32010s1

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s1
1980s2
1990s3
2000s3
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun3Jul3Aug2Sep3Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun3
Jul3
Aug2
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Kanabec County

  • Deadliest: Minnesota tornado10 June 1968, F1, 1 death, 2 injuries, 0.3 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: Minnesota tornado3 July 1985, F2, 33 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado21 September 2019, EF0, 1.2 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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