Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Freeborn County, Minnesota, May 17, 1982

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length46 mi

Width100 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (43.58, -93.28) to the end point (44.20, -93.07), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 17, 1982, 3:02 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Minnesota
Counties: Freeborn County, Steele County
Path: 46 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 17, 1982

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 17, 1982	F2	Iowa	13 mi	80 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F2	Minnesota, Wisconsin	26 mi	800 yd	3
May 17, 1982	F2	Minnesota	4 mi	10 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F1	Iowa	1.2 mi	17 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F1	Iowa	0.6 mi	10 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F1	Iowa	4 mi	30 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F1	Iowa	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F1	Minnesota, Wisconsin	19 mi	50 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F0	Minnesota	10 mi	100 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F0	Minnesota	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
May 17, 1982	F0	Wisconsin	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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Tornado history nearby

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