Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, May 12, 1962
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length10.1 mi
Width880 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (43.53, -96.98) to the end point (43.68, -96.97), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 12, 1962, 11:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- South Dakota
- Counties
- Minnehaha County
- Path
- 10.1 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.