Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Douglas County, Minnesota, October 26, 1996

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries4

Length9 mi

Width880 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (45.82, -95.48) to the end point (45.93, -95.50), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: October 26, 1996, 3:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Minnesota
Counties: Douglas County
Path: 9 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 4 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on October 26, 1996

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Oct 26, 1996	F2	Minnesota	17 mi	75 yd	1
Oct 26, 1996	F2	Minnesota	5 mi	350 yd	3
Oct 26, 1996	F2	Minnesota	4 mi	75 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F2	Minnesota	0.7 mi	150 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	Nebraska	0.8 mi	50 yd	1
Oct 26, 1996	F1	Nebraska	1 mi	75 yd	3
Oct 26, 1996	F1	South Dakota	1 mi	25 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	South Dakota	1 mi	25 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	South Dakota	0.5 mi	25 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	South Dakota	1 mi	75 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	Minnesota	1 mi	30 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	Minnesota	4 mi	440 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	Minnesota	2 mi	350 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	Minnesota	7 mi	500 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	Minnesota	8 mi	500 yd	2
Oct 26, 1996	F1	Minnesota	1 mi	350 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F1	Minnesota	12 mi	880 yd	1
Oct 26, 1996	F0	Nebraska	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F0	South Dakota	1 mi	25 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.5 mi	25 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.5 mi	25 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.5 mi	25 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.5 mi	25 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F0	Minnesota	1 mi	25 yd	0
Oct 26, 1996	F0	Minnesota	0.5 mi	25 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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