Tornado outbreak of June 19, 1951
Five scattered tornadoes touched down across the Great Plains and Midwest on June 19, 1951. The event was highlighted by a large, violent F4 tornado that tracked for over through the western and northern suburbs of Minneapolis causing all the tornadic casualties from the outbreak. In all, one person was killed, 20 others were injured, and damage was estimated at $5.030 million (1951 USD). There were additional casualties from non-tornadic events as well. Meteorological synopsis. A low-pressure area formed over Northeastern South Dakota very early on June 19. As other storms  formed across the Central U.S. throughout the day, this low moved slowly eastward into Minnesota, becoming the focal point for locally strong to severe storms, including two that would produce a violent F4 tornado and a strong F2 tornado. Confirmed tornadoes. Note: Several tornadoes were reported in the CDNS report, but not confirmed in the final count: Hutchinson–Rockford–Greenfield–Champlin–Anoka, Minnesota. This violent F4 tornado, which may have been a tornado family, was first observed touching down McLeod County, and immediately striking the south side of Hutchinson at around 5:30 pm CT. The tornado skipped northeastward on a  non-continuous path, passing south of Komensky and north of Sherman. The tornado then moved in Wright County and over Butler Lake as it passed north of Winsted and then over Lake Mary and Dog Lake. It then crossed over Fountain Lake and passed to the northwest of Delano before moving along the Crow River through Rockford on the boundary of Wright and Hennepin Counties. It then passed through Greenfield and the south side of Burschville before being spotted for the second time southeast of Fletcher. It was then spotted for the third time as it struck Champlin, crossed the  Mississippi River and the Rum River, and moved through Anoka before finally dissipating at around 7 pm CT. Damage along the path was extremely severe. An icehouse, warehouse, houses, barns and outbuildings were obliterated and about 50 city dwellings, buildings, and street carnival concessions were damaged. Additionally, plate glass windows were blown in, chimneys were toppled, windows were broken, billboards and signs were blown down, and cars were damaged or destroyed, power and communication lines were blown down, hundreds of trees were uprooted, and growing crops were damaged. The tornado or tornado family was on the ground for at least  an hour and 30 minutes, traveled , was wide, and caused $5 million in damage. One person was killed and 20 others were injured. Heavy rain and hail accompanied the tornado as well. The same storm also produced a tornado report east of St. Paul at around 7:45 pm CT, but that turned out to be a just a well-developed funnel cloud that never touched the ground. Non-tornadic impacts. Six cottages, boat buildings, and one farmstead were damaged by wind and hail in Browns Lake, Iowa, injuring two. A line of storms also bought wind and hail from  Elliott to Morton Mills, Iowa severely damaging a barn and a house with minor damage to numerous other buildings, including extensive breakage of glass by hail. Electric service was also disrupted and one person was injured. The strongest and most destructive line of storms moved from McCallsburg to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. There was extensive damage from hail ranging from in diameter and a fatality occurred due to over exertion in the storm. Three more injuries also occurred: a man was severely burned by an electric line and woman and her child were hospitalized after being braised by hail. There was  considerable damage to farm buildings while minor damage was caused by falling trees all along track of storm. Hail damage was mainly to growing crops, but broken glass was also an issue in several towns. Several reported considerable damage, including McCallsburg, St. Anthony, Clemons, Garwin, Toledo, Tama, Vining, Elberon, and Keystone. There was also mainly public utility line damage in Belle Plaine and Cedar Rapids. There was also sporadic hail and wind damage in parts Oklahoma and Kansas and Bloomfield, Montana. This included Ellis County, Oklahoma, where hail was reportedly as much as a foot deep while winds damaged a  church in Arnett, Oklahoma. A lightning strike in Southern Barber County, Kansas about west of Hardtner also caused a fire which destroyed a portion of a shed and along with the hay inside.