Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Freeborn County, Minnesota, May 29, 1980

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length6.9 mi

Width400 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (43.53, -93.28) to the end point (43.53, -93.13), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 29, 1980, 6:12 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Minnesota
Counties: Freeborn County
Path: 6.9 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 29, 1980

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 29, 1980	F2	Nebraska	3.3 mi	60 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F2	Iowa	0.5 mi	30 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F2	Texas	16.2 mi	160 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F2	Texas	13.2 mi	100 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Wyoming, Colorado	14.5 mi	40 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Minnesota	2 mi	80 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Colorado	1 mi	40 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Nebraska	10 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Iowa	4.2 mi	40 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Nebraska	19.6 mi	80 yd	2
May 29, 1980	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Minnesota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Nebraska	6.2 mi	17 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Iowa	0.5 mi	30 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Iowa	0.1 mi	30 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Iowa	1 mi	30 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F1	Iowa	0.1 mi	30 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	Iowa	0.3 mi	60 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	30 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	South Dakota	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 29, 1980	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.