Norcross, MN Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Norcross is about the same as Minnesota average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Norcross is lower than Minnesota average and is lower than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #11
| Norcross, MN | 0.07 |
| Minnesota | 0.01 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Norcross, MN | 0.0000 |
| Minnesota | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #639
| Norcross, MN | 108.70 |
| Minnesota | 135.90 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 1,943 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Norcross, MN were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 0 | Cold: | 0 | Dense Fog: | 0 | Drought: | 0 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 137 | Hail: | 985 | Heat: | 0 | Heavy Snow: | 0 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 0 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 0 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 728 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 0 | Winter Storm: | 0 | Winter Weather: | 0 |
| Other: | 93 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Norcross, MN.
Historical Earthquake Events
A total of 1 historical earthquake event that had a recorded magnitude of 3.5 or above found in or near Norcross, MN.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Depth (km) | Latitude | Longitude |
| 15.7 | 1975-07-09 | 5 | N/A | 45.67 | -96.04 |
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 35 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Norcross, MN.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 11.4 | 1982-05-10 | 3 | 46°01'N / 96°17'W | 46°02'N / 96°16'W | 1.00 Mile | 80 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Traverse |
| 12.6 | 1982-05-10 | 3 | 46°02'N / 96°16'W | 46°04'N / 96°10'W | 6.00 Miles | 80 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Grant |
| 13.3 | 1982-05-10 | 3 | 46°01'N / 96°28'W | 46°01'N / 96°17'W | 8.00 Miles | 80 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Traverse |
| 16.0 | 1984-04-26 | 2 | 45°46'N / 95°54'W | 45°47'N / 95°53'W | 1.00 Mile | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Stevens |
| 19.2 | 1984-04-26 | 2 | 45°47'N / 95°53'W | 45°53'N / 95°43'W | 11.50 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Grant |
| 24.1 | 1964-05-05 | 3 | 46°03'N / 96°36'W | 46°08'N / 96°34'W | 5.20 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 11 | 0K | 0 | Richland |
| 24.4 | 2010-08-07 | 4 | 46°07'N / 96°33'W | 46°09'N / 96°31'W | 3.00 Miles | 600 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0K | Wilkin |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado began in Richland County, North Dakota, at 625 pm CDT, where it had a path length of 2.5 miles. It continued in Wilkin County, Minnesota, where it finally lifted about 2.5 miles southwest of Doran. The total path length was roughly five miles and peak winds were estimated at 175 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: By late in the day on the 7th, an east-west lying warm front had set up just north of the South Dakota border, extending eastward into west central Minnesota. South of the warm front, temperatures were in the mid to upper 80s with dew points in the lower 70s. Thunderstorms formed along and north of the warm front and several produced tornadoes. | |||||||||||
| 24.5 | 2010-08-07 | 4 | 46°06'N / 96°37'W | 46°06'N / 96°33'W | 3.00 Miles | 600 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0K | Richland |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado touched down south of Tyler and tracked to the east for roughly 2.5 miles before crossing the Bois de Sioux River into Wilkin County, Minnesota. In Wilkin County, the tornado continued for another 2.5 miles and lifted about 650 pm CDT. The total track length was about 5 miles and peak winds were estimated at 175 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: By late in the day on the 7th, an east-west lying warm front had set up just north of the South Dakota border, extending eastward into west central Minnesota. South of the warm front, temperatures were in the mid to upper 80s with dew points in the lower 70s. Thunderstorms formed along and north of the warm front and several produced tornadoes. | |||||||||||
| 25.5 | 1964-05-05 | 3 | 46°08'N / 96°34'W | 46°08'N / 96°34'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Wilkin | ||
| 25.5 | 1987-08-15 | 2 | 46°03'N / 95°44'W | 1.00 Mile | 50 Yards | 1 | 8 | 2.5M | 0 | Otter Tail | |
| 29.2 | 2004-09-23 | 2 | 45°42'N / 96°44'W | 45°45'N / 96°48'W | 2.20 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roberts |
| Brief Description: The storm entered South Dakota from Traverse county, Minnesota where it produced a tornado. The storm produced a second tornado as it crossed Lake Traverse into South Dakota. This tornado was stronger and destroyed a house, a mobile home, and a travel trailer. Another house and travel trailer were damaged and a shed was also ripped apart. The tornado also killed three cattle. | |||||||||||
| 30.0 | 1996-05-17 | 3 | 45°23'N / 96°34'W | 45°33'N / 96°18'W | 17.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1.5M | 0 | Big Stone |
| Brief Description: A tornado crossing Big Stone Lake from Roberts County, South Dakota destroyed one cabin at the Meadowbrook Resort, blew the roof off another cabin, and another cabin was demolished when a big tree fell onto it. Several boats on Big Stone Lake were overturned. Approxiamately 150 buildings sustained damage or were destroyed as the tornado moved northeast across Big Stone County through the townships of Prior, Big Stone, Almond, Malta, and Moonshine. Southwest of Clinton, a pontoon boat and a camper were destroyed. East of Clinton, a farm lost all buildings with severe damage to their home. The cupboards fell off the walls and doors would not close, signifying a twisted frame. Northeast of Clinton, another farm suffered damage to all structures. Half of the roof was torn off their home. Two miles south of Johnson, a house (rambler) was completely destroyed and several barns and machine sheds were destroyed, before the tornado lifted. Many trees were uprooted in the path of the tornado across Big Stone County and much of the power was out in the County as power lines were downed. | |||||||||||
| 31.1 | 1964-05-05 | 2 | 45°48'N / 96°52'W | 45°52'N / 96°49'W | 4.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Roberts |
| 31.5 | 1953-05-10 | 2 | 45°25'N / 95°45'W | 45°40'N / 95°44'W | 17.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Pope |
| 33.2 | 1956-10-29 | 2 | 45°31'N / 96°40'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Big Stone | |||
| 33.9 | 1996-10-26 | 2 | 45°49'N / 95°29'W | 45°56'N / 95°30'W | 9.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Douglas |
| Brief Description: Several homes destroyed. Car flipped over. 1 women sustained broken bones and internal injuries when a portion of her house, with her inside, was flung 200 feet onto the interstate. 500 pound fuel tank pushed over. | |||||||||||
| 34.4 | 1974-07-13 | 2 | 46°19'N / 96°04'W | 46°23'N / 95°57'W | 6.40 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Otter Tail |
| 37.0 | 2005-06-29 | 2 | 46°22'N / 95°57'W | 46°23'N / 95°56'W | 1.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Otter Tail |
| Brief Description: The tornado flattened an older barn and uprooted several trees. Two people narrowly escaped the tornado as it hit the barn. The landowner reported that another tornado had hit another barn on same site back in 1933. Peak winds were estimated at 130 mph. | |||||||||||
| 38.7 | 1952-07-01 | 3 | 46°04'N / 96°57'W | 0.50 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Richland | |
| 39.5 | 1965-05-05 | 2 | 45°54'N / 95°25'W | 46°12'N / 95°25'W | 20.70 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Douglas |
| 40.1 | 1964-06-18 | 3 | 45°38'N / 95°28'W | 45°42'N / 95°22'W | 6.20 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 13 | 250K | 0 | Pope |
| 41.0 | 1959-07-07 | 2 | 45°40'N / 95°28'W | 45°48'N / 95°16'W | 13.00 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pope |
| 41.3 | 1955-07-02 | 3 | 46°31'N / 96°42'W | 46°16'N / 96°32'W | 18.70 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Wilkin |
| 42.3 | 1977-08-26 | 2 | 46°18'N / 96°12'W | 46°26'N / 95°10'W | 50.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 8 | 250K | 0 | Otter Tail |
| 42.3 | 1990-06-01 | 2 | 45°57'N / 95°20'W | 46°05'N / 95°21'W | 10.00 Miles | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Douglas |
| 42.4 | 1979-08-03 | 2 | 45°24'N / 96°52'W | 45°18'N / 96°28'W | 20.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Roberts |
| 44.2 | 1992-06-16 | 2 | 45°19'N / 95°44'W | 1.50 Miles | 13 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Swift | |
| 44.4 | 1970-07-18 | 2 | 46°03'N / 95°21'W | 46°03'N / 95°16'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Douglas |
| 45.5 | 1954-08-15 | 2 | 45°25'N / 95°30'W | 45°31'N / 95°24'W | 7.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Swift |
| 46.1 | 2002-06-19 | 2 | 46°32'N / 96°17'W | 46°32'N / 96°17'W | 0.20 Mile | 25 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Wilkin |
| Brief Description: A brief tornado touchdown demolished a 76x296 foot roof on a turkey barn. | |||||||||||
| 46.3 | 1951-07-08 | 2 | 45°22'N / 96°50'W | 0 | 1 | 0K | 0 | Roberts | |||
| 47.5 | 1950-06-15 | 2 | 46°35'N / 96°20'W | 46°31'N / 96°20'W | 4.60 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 4 | 3K | 0 | Wilkin |
| 48.7 | 1960-08-25 | 2 | 46°18'N / 97°00'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Richland | |||
| 49.0 | 2005-06-20 | 2 | 46°27'N / 95°38'W | 46°26'N / 95°33'W | 4.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Otter Tail |
| Brief Description: Large trees were uprooted and a roof was torn off a house. The top was torn off a wooden grain elevator in Ottertail and a nearby grain bin was bent inward. A gas pump was blown over at a convenience store, causing a fire. The tornado also tore the roof off a business in Ottertail and destroyed its sign. A delivery truck was lifted off the ground and thrown 20 feet onto a nearby car. | |||||||||||
| 49.8 | 2009-07-14 | 2 | 45°22'N / 95°28'W | 45°24'N / 95°24'W | 4.00 Miles | 350 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 50K | Swift |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A National Weather Service storm survey and visual reports confirmed that a tornado moved through portions of Swift and Pope Counties in west central Minnesota where two turkey barns and several outbuildings were destroyed, with extensive tree damage throughout the entire path. Maximum damage was EF-2 with estimated winds of 111-119 mph. In the town of Swift Falls, two residences were damaged along with two garages that were destroyed. The tornado was produced minor crop damage northeast of Swift Falls. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong cold front, deep moisture and a high shear environment led to severe weather across portions of central Minnesota late Tuesday afternoon and evening of July 14th. Several individual storms developed across west central Minnesota and moved quickly northeast and spawned three tornadoes near Swift Falls, Elrosa and Spicer, Minnesota. In addition, several strong thunderstorms tracked across northern Todd and far northwestern Morrison County where two to four inches of rain fell in a short period of time. Due to the highly moist environment, and high rainfall rates, several areas of urban flooding was reported. One was in the community of Staples, and another was in St. Cloud. | |||||||||||
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.