St. Cloud, MN F3 Tornado – September 3, 1980

A tornado, moving from southwest to northeast, first touched down at a mobile home park, Bel Clare Acres, located five miles southwest of St. Cloud.  Returning aloft for two miles, the tornado again touched down at Angus Acres, a subdivision three miles southwest of St. Cloud at 6:40pm.  At this point, the tornado again returned to the cloud, continuing northeast for two miles more before touching down once again in western St. Cloud at 6:44pm.  The tornado then skipped across, partially aloft, through northeastern St. Cloud.  Damage was extensive and included the following: At Bel Clare Acres, 13 mobile homes were destroyed and many other damaged, there was 1 death and 15 injuries; at Angus Acres in Waite Park, 165 homes were damaged with 6 single family homes, 14 mobile homes and 16 apartments destroyed; in St. Cloud 60 homes were damaged.  Total dollar amount in damages in the St. Cloud metropolitan area was near $9 million.