Great Storms of The North American Great Lakes - Duluth Storm (1967)

Duluth Storm (1967)

A horrific storm in Duluth took the lives of three teenage boys and Coast Guardsman Edgar Culbertson, who had been part of a rescue team searching for the missing boys on the Duluth Entry pier on Lake Superior. Meteorologists and Minnesota residents often refer to this day as Black Sunday describing the fierce 1967 Southern Minnesota tornado outbreak, with reports of heavy rain as far north as Duluth that day. The waves on Lake Superior in Duluth that night were reportedly over 20 feet high at times; the lake had 36 degree water with gale force winds gusting up to 45 MPH.