F3 Tornado — Cottonwood, Minnesota

1998-03-29 · near Westbrook, Cottonwood, Minnesota

Wider weather episode

A strong tornado which began in Murray County tracked across Cottonwood County and then further northeast. The tornado destroyed numerous farms, farm equipment, buildings, trees, power lines and poles, vehicles, and other structures in its path. A vehicle was tossed a hundred yards as it hit the first farm in southwest Cottonwood County. People in the basement of the house on this farm received minor injuries. The tornado also destroyed a church near Jeffers, and destroyed numerous homes in the southern part of Comfrey, a city which is only partly in Cottonwood County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5632286. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.