MNTornadoGuy
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Next 5/6/1965 tornado: the 2nd Fridley tornado. This large and deadly tornado touched down in extreme NW Minneapolis and moved NNE striking the Northern Ordnance, Inc further damaging it. Steel transmission towers were also downed near the facility by the 2nd tornado. After unroofing and ripping apart numerous homes and a school in Fridley, its direction shifted straight north and devastated the Rice Creek Terrace neighborhood. It is here where the tornado reached maximum intensity. Multiple homes were completely leveled and a row of 6 homes was swept away. Trees in the forest behind the subdivision were debarked. After this point, the tornado weakened slightly but grew to a width of ~1260 yards with the eastern edge destroying mobile homes in a trailer park. The tornado then moved into Spring Lake Park where it damaged another school and destroyed more homes before dissipating near the intersection of Hwy 65 & Hwy 10.