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EF0 tornado in Polk County, Minnesota

Tornado April 23, 2022 · Polk County, Minnesota

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

We received a video of a tornado tracking for less than one-half mile across wet and open fields. The tornado formed south of MN Hwy 102, about 8 miles southeast of Crookston, MN. The tornado lifted after less than one minute; however, the funnel cloud remained visible.

The wider storm

Several rounds of severe thunderstorms traversed the region starting on the evening of April 22nd. Initially, large hail was the primary concern, with an increasingly tornadic environment heading into April 23rd. Both hail (up to 1.5 inches) and tornadoes were reported with this system.

Began near Kankel (47.6800, -96.4700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1027336. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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