Portal:Tornadoes/Anniversaries/July 11

July 11
 * 1909 – An F2 tornado hit Big Stone City, South Dakota and Ortonville, Minnesota. A bus was thrown from the road in Big Stone City, killing the driver. The tornado then hit a railroad yard in Ortonville, where 26 Armenian laborers were living in boxcars. Four of them were killed and nineteen were injured.