Editing Duluth, Minnesota (section)

===2012 tornado===
Tornadoes are uncommon in Duluth, considering its latitude and location next to the climate-moderating Lake Superior. However, on August 9, 2012, at around 11:00 am, a tornado touched down on Minnesota Point. It had originally started as a waterspout in Superior Bay, {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} from Sky Harbor Airport, but briefly found its way onto the sandbar's shoreline, making it a true tornado. It quickly dissipated but soon touched down again on Superior's Barker's Island, where it again quickly dissipated. It caused no serious damage; the tornado was categorized as an EF0 on the [[Enhanced Fujita Scale]]. At the time, the [[National Weather Service]] reported that it was Duluth's first tornado. Further investigation showed that more than {{rounddown|{{age|format=raw|1958|5|26}}|-1}} years ago, on May 26, 1958, Duluth had a "miniature tornado" that collapsed a garage and damaged two area lake cabins. It lasted only five minutes. The ''News Tribune'' reported a possible twister on July 11, 1935:<blockquote>Swirling into the city on the wings of a torrential rain, a miniature tornado struck in the heart of the Gary-New Duluth district shortly before 8 a.m. yesterday, flattening a row of coal sheds [and] a frame garage and causing general damage to trees in the vicinity. The United States weather bureau had no means of officially recording the twister, the high wind having limited itself to the Gary-New Duluth district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/239784/|title=Duluth News Tribune &#124; Duluth, Minnesota<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=Duluthnewstribune.com|access-date=August 8, 2024}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Pioneer Press">{{Cite news |date=August 14, 2012 |title=Duluth tornado/waterspout might not have been a first |url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_21309198/duluth-tornado-waterspout-might-not-have-been-first |url-status=live |access-date=July 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808170417/http://www.twincities.com/ci_21309198/duluth-tornado-waterspout-might-not-have-been-first |archive-date=August 8, 2014}}</ref></blockquote>