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EF0 tornado in Barnes County, North Dakota

Tornado May 8, 2022 · Barnes County, North Dakota

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 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 thin, rope tornado was seen while looking to the north by northwest, from the intersection of 44th st SE and 106th ave SE. Touchdown was brief and lasted less than one minute. Movement was to the northeast. Public photos and videos documented the brief touchdown near Kee Lake, 4 miles south of I-29. Maximum width was 10 yards, with winds up to 65 mph.

The wider storm

A strong upper low, and the associated negatively tilted trough, led to the development of severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of May 8. These storms persisted into the morning of May 9, producing severe wind, hail and tornadoes.

Began near Eckelson (46.8493, -98.2830).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1031979. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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