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F2 tornado in Washington County, Minnesota

Tornado April 26, 1994 · Washington County, Minnesota

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

1,300 yd

Path width

Injury

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and damaged a home in Maplewood. Several trees were blown down in the Lake Elmo area. A tornado touched down west of Stillwater and caused an estimated $3 million damage to 17 homes. Ten of the homes were severely damaged and a 3-year-boy was injured by flying debris.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10330933. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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