What the record says
On 14 June 1981, a tornado touched down near St. Paul, Minnesota. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 16.2 miles long and up to 600 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 83.
- F3Fujita rating
- 1death
- 83injuries
- 16.2 mipath length
- 600 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
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
The start point was at 44.82, -93.27 and the end point at 45.00, -93.03 (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 1981
- Bixby, Oklahoma tornado19 April 1981, F3, 5 deaths, 49 injuries, 9.9 miles long
- Cardington, Ohio tornado13 June 1981, F3, 4 deaths, 56 injuries, 3.8 miles long
- West Bend, Wisconsin tornado4 April 1981, F4, 3 deaths, 53 injuries, 1.8 miles long
- Hurtsboro, Alabama tornado1 April 1981, F3, 2 deaths, 23 injuries, 0.1 miles long
- Sikeston, Missouri tornado22 April 1981, F4, 1 death, 32 injuries, 63 miles long
All tornadoes of 1981 · Minnesota tornado history · All notable tornadoes