NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Long Prairie, MN
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Long Prairie, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 52 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 52
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Long Prairie
The highest rating among the 52 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 13, 2001, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on May 15, 1998, killed 1 person. Of the 52, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 32 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 14. The most recent tornado was on August 3, 2024. Of the 341 Minnesota cities on this site, 80% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Long Prairie. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 41 times since 1972, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 341 Minnesota cities, 92% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Long Prairie.
Compare Long Prairie's storm record with another city →
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Long Prairie
By decade
- 2020s11
- 2010s8
- 2000s13(1 EF3+)
- 1990s5
- 1980s4
- 1970s3
- 1960s5(1 EF3+)
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2001 | F3 | 24 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 5, 1964 | F3 | 23 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 2022 | EF2 | 16 mi | 19.63 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 13, 2001 | F2 | 16 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 1, 1990 | F2 | 23 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 3, 1980 | F2 | 24 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 18, 1970 | F2 | 20 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Jul 7, 1959 | F2 | 23 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1998 | F1 | 19 mi | 9 mi | 1 / 30 |
| Aug 3, 2024 | EF1 | 20 mi | 5.36 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 2022 | EF1 | 14 mi | 15.04 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 2022 | EF1 | 21 mi | 3.59 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 52, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Long Prairie
The Storm Prediction Center has 41 hail reports within 10 miles of Long Prairie since 1972, made on 30 separate days. Of these, 24 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on August 3, 2024, the most recent report. August has the most reports, 10.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Long Prairie
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Long Prairie, MN, 2 miles west of Long Prairie at 1,340 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 79°F and low of 57°F; January is the coolest, at 18°F and -1°F. June and July are the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 31.0 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 5 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 178 nights a year. Snowfall averages 54.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 31.0 inches is more than at 65 of the 124 Minnesota stations used on this site (52%). Sauk Centre, 18 miles south, has its own station (Melrose, MN): 29.0 inches a year, 2.0 less than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 79°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | -1 | 1.0 | 3 | 9.7 |
| Feb | 23 | 3 | 0.9 | 3 | 9.0 |
| Mar | 36 | 15 | 1.5 | 4 | 8.6 |
| Apr | 51 | 28 | 2.7 | 5 | 6.1 |
| May | 65 | 41 | 3.5 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 75 | 53 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 79 | 57 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 77 | 55 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 68 | 46 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 54 | 34 | 2.9 | 6 | 1.8 |
| Nov | 37 | 20 | 1.5 | 3 | 7.1 |
| Dec | 23 | 7 | 1.1 | 3 | 11.5 |
| Year | 50 | 30 | 31.0 | 62 | 54.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Long Prairie, MN (1,340 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Long Prairie
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 29 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Long Prairie: 24 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 heavy rain events, 1 flash flood, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $455,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on May 12, 2022.
June 29, 2005: lightning strike in Long Prairie — 1 injured.
NWS: “A 14-year-old boy was indirectly struck by lightning in the basement of a home near the intersection of 170th and Bender in Section 11 of Columbus Township. He was reaching for a glass on a table when he saw a blue flash by his feet and felt a sudden pain in his back.”
June 17, 2018: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Long Prairie — $150,000 damage.
NWS: “A farm was severely damaged as a concentrated area of wind damage occurred northeast of Long Prairie. The farm was located on Indigo Drive where the owner reported hundreds of trees blown down on his farm.”
August 4, 2016: thunderstorm wind in Long Prairie — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Numerous trees were blown down in Long Prairie. The most concentrated area of damage occurred on the south and northeast part of town.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Todd County, which includes Long Prairie, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 9, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Todd County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.7 million a year, the 57th highest of 87 Minnesota counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.3 million (68%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Long Prairie
- Browerville, MN12 mi
- Osakis, MN13 mi
- Sauk Centre, MN18 mi
- Melrose, MN22 mi
- Freeport, MN22 mi
- Little Falls, MN23 mi
- Holdingford, MN25 mi
- Alexandria, MN26 mi
- Parkers Prairie, MN26 mi
- Albany, MN27 mi
- Staples, MN28 mi
- Motley, MN29 mi
All Minnesota cities →All hurricanes since 1851 →Compare Long Prairie with another place →