Jul 20, 2017
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Minnesota during the late afternoon of July 19th. These storms produced two EF-1 tornadoes. The first touched down in the Chester Woods Park near Chester (Olmsted County) and did extensive tree damage in the park. The second tornado touched down southeast of Wykoff (Fillmore County) damaging trees, crops and a barn. The damaging winds did extensive damage to a turkey farm near Claremont (Dodge County) and blew down trees south of Altura (Wino
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 708955). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Houston County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.