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    August 21, 1883, a devastating tornado affected southeastern portions—the Driftless Area—of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The massive tornado, retrospectively...
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     [page needed] "Rochester Tornado Aug 21 1883 Aftermath Photos". NOAA. August 19, 2008. Retrieved 2018-12-06. "Rochester Tornado Aug 21 1883". August 21, 1883 Southeast...
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    August 21 – 1883 Rochester tornado: An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. August 26–27 – 1883 eruption...
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    It is the only F5/EF5 rated tornado ever officially recorded in August in the United States (unofficially the 1883 Rochester, Minnesota cyclone is considered...
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    ISBN 9780871407849. "Rochester Tornado Aug 21 1883". August 21, 1883 Southeast Minnesota Tornadoes. NOAA. Retrieved July 21, 2019. "Tornado Photo: 1884 South...
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    for Union draftees in the Civil War. On August 21, 1883, the Great Tornado demolished much of Rochester, leaving 37 dead and approximately 200 injured. As...
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    27-bed Saint Marys Hospital which opened in 1889 following the 1883 Rochester tornado. They later founded their namesake, the Mayo Clinic. The next owner...
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  • The following is a list of the deadliest tornadoes in the Americas including Canada, Mexico, and the United States as well as the countries and islands...
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    2018. F. C. Pate (United States Weather Bureau) (October 1946). "The Tornado at Montgomery, Alabama, February 12, 1945". Bulletin of the American Meteorological...
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    the Mayo Clinic, moved to Rochester in 1863. In the summer of 1883, an F5 tornado struck, dubbed the 1883 Rochester tornado, causing a substantial number...
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