What the record says
On 11 June 1966, a tornado touched down near Jenkins, Minnesota. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 72.8 miles long and up to 333 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale.
- F4Fujita rating
- 0deaths
- 0injuries
- 72.8 mipath length
- 333 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
- Aitkin County, Minnesota
- Cass County, Minnesota
- Crow Wing County, Minnesota
- St. Louis County, Minnesota
The start point was at 46.63, -94.37 and the end point at 46.83, -92.83 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Minnesota
- Manhattan Beach, Minnesota tornado6 August 1969, F4, 12 deaths, 70 injuries, 32.3 miles long
- Fargo, North Dakota tornado20 June 1957, F5, 10 deaths, 103 injuries, 52.4 miles long
- Garvin, Minnesota tornado13 June 1968, F5, 9 deaths, 150 injuries, 9.1 miles long
- Hartland, Minnesota tornado30 April 1967, F4, 6 deaths, 22 injuries, 20.1 miles long
- Minneapolis, Minnesota tornado6 May 1965, F4, 6 deaths, 158 injuries, 17.3 miles long
- Hollandale, Minnesota tornado10 May 1953, F2, 6 deaths, 3 injuries, 6.9 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1966
- Learned, Mississippi tornado3 March 1966, F5, 58 deaths, 518 injuries, 202.5 miles long
- Topeka, Kansas tornado8 June 1966, F5, 16 deaths, 450 injuries, 21.1 miles long
- Clearwater, Florida tornado4 April 1966, F4, 11 deaths, 530 injuries, 135.8 miles long
- Belmond, Iowa tornado14 October 1966, F5, 6 deaths, 172 injuries, 9.7 miles long
- Venturia, North Dakota tornado31 July 1966, F3, 2 deaths, 4 injuries, 26.4 miles long
All tornadoes of 1966 · Minnesota tornado history · All notable tornadoes