Wadena County, Minnesota tornado history

25 tornadoes recorded in or across Wadena County from 1957 to 2022, 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 Wadena County

The Storm Prediction Center records 25 tornadoes whose paths touched Wadena County, Minnesota between 1957 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF4 on 17 June 2010. The most recent was on 24 June 2022.

  • 25tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 35injuries
  • 466per 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 Wadena County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0728%
F1 / EF1832%
F2 / EF2936%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF414%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Wadena County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2010s.1950s11960s61970s21990s12000s32010s82020s4

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s6
1970s2
1990s1
2000s3
2010s8
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May4Jun8Jul9Aug1Sep2Oct1Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun8
Jul9
Aug1
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Wadena County

  • Strongest: Wadena, Minnesota tornado17 June 2010, EF4, 20 injuries, 10 miles long
  • Longest path: Minnesota tornado26 August 1977, F2, 10 injuries, 110.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Minnesota tornado24 June 2022, EF2, 30.9 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Wadena County

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

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