Tornado (F3) — Morrison, Minnesota
September 18, 1997 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
$1.7M
Tornado scale
F3
Area
Morrison
Event narrative (NOAA)
Several buildings destroyed and numerous other buildings damaged. Hundreds of trees down. A number of cattle killed in barn collapse. One man injured when the tornado engulfed his car and threw it into a nearby woods. A second man critically injured when his garage collapsed. He died several weeks later.Total path length of tornado from 1 NE of Lastrup to Onamia was 17 miles.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.