EF1 tornado in St. Louis County, Minnesota
Tornado June 29, 2026 · St. Louis County, Minnesota
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A brief tornado developed along a line of storms over Murphy Lake, producing a clear and consistent path of tree damage with hundreds of trees damaged including dozens of trees uprooted or snapped near the base. Local resident reports and drone imagery provided by St. Louis County Emergency Management greatly assisted in the survey of the tornado.
The wider storm
On June 29th, 2026, severe weather fueled by record humidity and high temperatures impacted the Duluth County Warning Area, leading to 27 total warnings across northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Two waves of severe storms swept through the area, producing golf ball-sized hail (1.75 inches), damaging straight-line wind gusts to 60'65 mph, several reported funnel clouds, and one tornado in central St. Louis County during the overnight round of storms. The severe winds uprooted trees, damaged structures, and knocked down power lines across multiple counties.
Began near Central Lakes (47.2865, -92.5035).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1355653. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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