St. Louis County, Minnesota
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1953 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
43
Tornado reports
525
Hail reports
104
Floods since 1996
1,352
All events
6
Deaths
$62.3M
Property damage
Tornado paths in St. Louis County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 42 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Tornado F3 Tornado
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Tornado F3 Tornado
On the morning of July 19, 2021, between 10 and 10:30am CDT, a line of sub-severe thunderstorms caused a canoe with two occupants to capsize. Neither were wearing life jackets and one of the two occupants drowned. The incident occurred on Loon Lake east of Crane Lake, Minnesota, …
Marginally severe storms moved through the area during the early afternoon hours leading to sporadic downed trees. Following the storms, a homeowner was on his roof removing a downed tree when he lost his footing and fell approximately 20 feet to the ground and landing on a propa…
A boy died from injuries sustained from a lightning strike that hit the water near him. Four others in his boating party were injured.
Three youth who were part of an Outward Bound group of 8 were injured by an indirect lightning strike Sunday night while camped along Sunday Bay on Crooked Lake, along the U.S.-Canada border north of Ely. Three students in the group sustained injuries ranging from superficial bur…
Above normal snowfall for the 2021-2022 season was observed across northern portions of Koochiching and St. Louis counties and much of that remained on the ground into April. Heavy rainfall then fell on top of that above normal snowpack at the end of April and sent abnormally hig…
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A photo was received of aspen trees on a road.
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At least a dozen trees were downed around White Lake with damage to power lines as well.
Hail Hail
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The gust was recorded by MnDOT RWIS station MN092 US 169 Mitchell Bridge Milepost 343.
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Report of a tree down on top of a house and power lines in Gilbert.
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Trees were down on a roadway and the power was out. Trees were mostly poplar and a few pine trees were snapped at top.
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Two reports of wires down in the area from trees falling on them.
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Report of a tree down on power lines with the tree hanging over the roadway.
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Multiple reports of power lines down in the Virginia area.
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Two large trees were snapped in half. The wind was very localized in nature.
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A photo was received of a tree down on a home.
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Several trees were down and the power was out.
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Trees were down on power lines and a house.
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A barn collapsed on cattle with the cattle needing to be rescued.
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A photo was received of a 10-12 inch diameter branch that was broken off an evergreen tree.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
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 Count…
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Hail was mostly pea size but a few stones one inch to one and a quarter inches were found about 45 minutes after the storm passed.
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A photo was received via social media showing three 5 inch diameter softwood trees broken a few feet up the trunks.
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
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A spruce tree six to 12 inches in diameter was damaged along Graff Road.
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Twelve trees 6 to twelve inches in diameter were down on the east side of Rasmussen Road south of Prairie River. Most trees fell to the northeast.
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An 18 inch diameter spruce tree was blown down. A tree top was down on Moen Road as well.
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Tree branches were down and a tree downed a powerline onto a nearby resident's deck.
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A few trees were down on a parking lot. A few poplar tree tops were snapped as well.
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A tree was down on a powerline with both lying across Highway 8.
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A tree was down on Highway 73 near mile marker 46.
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A tree was broken during the storm.
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A tree was down across the road.
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Three large trees were down along with numerous large branches in town. Some minor street flooding as well.
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Multiple healthy large tree branches were down and one tree trunk snapped within a couple blocks radius.
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A large tree branch was snapped. The branch looked somewhat rotten but the tree was healthy.
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A photo was received showing an uprooted tree that had fallen onto a street.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 1 |
| 2025 | 52 | 0 |
| 2024 | 91 | 2 |
| 2023 | 50 | 0 |
| 2022 | 95 | 1 |
| 2021 | 45 | 0 |
| 2020 | 60 | 0 |
| 2019 | 21 | 3 |
| 2018 | 61 | 0 |
| 2017 | 52 | 0 |
| 2016 | 66 | 1 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1 |
| 2014 | 39 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 59 | 1 |
| 2011 | 34 | 0 |
| 2010 | 22 | 0 |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008 | 26 | 0 |
| 2007 | 28 | 0 |
| 2006 | 28 | 0 |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 |
| 2004 | 30 | 0 |
| 2003 | 28 | 1 |
| 2002 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 1 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 2 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 2 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 1 |
| 1985 | 8 | 1 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 1 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 1 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 1 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1976 | 4 | 1 |
| 1975 | 12 | 0 |
| 1974 | 6 | 2 |
| 1973 | 4 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 6 | 3 |
| 1970 | 7 | 1 |
| 1969 | 9 | 9 |
| 1968 | 6 | 0 |
| 1967 | 3 | 0 |
| 1966 | 4 | 0 |
| 1965 | 4 | 0 |
| 1964 | 3 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 3 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1 | 1 |
| 1958 | 6 | 4 |
| 1955 | 1 | 0 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |
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