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EF1 tornado in Traverse County, Minnesota

Tornado May 12, 2022 · Traverse County, Minnesota

EF1
Rating
1.8 mi
Path length
20 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado developed 6 miles east of Dumont on the leading edge of

a line of severe thunderstorms, and then traveled quickly

northeast. An outbuilding took heavy damage, with debris strewn

northeast over half a mile. The majority of the 2x4 planks were

deposited directly to the east of the shed, while another single

2x4 was lodged into the ground at an angle not consistent with

straight-line winds. The tornado then destroyed several mostly

empty grain bins. Some tin from the property was thrown due west

into the trees.

The wider storm

A derecho developed in south central South Dakota and traveled northeast into western Minnesota. This thunderstorm complex generated 2 confirmed tornadoes across Big Stone and Traverse Counties, and produced a broad area of widespread and destructive straight-line winds in excess of 80 mph. Trees, buildings, power lines, grain bins, semi trucks, and other property was damaged or destroyed across west central Minnesota, and power outages lasted for multiple days in some cases.

Began near Dumont (45.7151, -96.3072).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1020876. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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