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EF0 tornado in Traverse County, Minnesota

Tornado May 12, 2022 · Traverse County, Minnesota

EF0

Rating

4.4 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 EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 11 miles east of Wheaton along the leading

edge of a line severe thunderstorms. This tornado traveled

rapidly north-northeastward and impacted three farmsteads.

Several trees were uprooted and felled in different directions,

outbuildings were severely damaged, and both homes were damaged

as well including the partial removal of a garage roof. The

tornado continued northeast to right near the Grant County line,

and impacted another farmstead. Silo damage, trees felled in

different directions, and a small outbuilding was moved 10 yards

to the northwest.

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 Charlesville (45.8430, -96.2661).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Traverse County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1020881. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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