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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit New Prague, MN

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of New Prague, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 121 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
121

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
7

9 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of New Prague

By decade

  • 2020s13
  • 2010s29
  • 2000s14(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s32(2 EF3+)
  • 1980s11(2 EF3+)
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s12(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s4
Strongest tornadoes near New Prague, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 6, 1965F418 mi12.3 mi3 / 175
May 6, 1965F421 mi6.9 mi0 / 0
Aug 24, 2006F321 mi33 mi1 / 37
Mar 29, 1998F324 mi12 mi1 / 0
Jun 14, 1981F324 mi16.2 mi1 / 83
Mar 29, 1998F316 mi6 mi0 / 0
Jul 27, 1987F317 mi30 mi0 / 0
Jun 14, 1976F223 mi24.6 mi1 / 6
May 6, 1965F222 mi11.2 mi1 / 175
Sep 20, 2018EF220 mi2.95 mi0 / 0
Sep 20, 2018EF221 mi4.94 mi0 / 0
May 9, 2001F221 mi12 mi0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 121, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of New Prague while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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