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Tornado in Wells County, North Dakota

Tornado June 24, 2022 · Wells County, North Dakota

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Not rated

0.2 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado touched down in an open field north of Chaseley and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF Unknown.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms formed along and near a warm front draped through central North Dakota during the afternoon and early evening hours, with many becoming severe. Early in the event, a tornado formed over south central Wells County, north of Chaseley. The tornado impacted no structures and so there was no damage to evaluate, so was rated EF Unknown by NWS policy. Heavy rains over northeast Wells County led to flash flooding, with water flowing over County Highway 5. Elsewhere, large hail was the primary threat, though there were also some occurrences of severe wind gusts. The largest hail reported was the size of a golf ball, which occurred in Stutsman County. The highest wind gust was measured at 70 mph in Kidder County.

Began near Chaseley (47.5707, -99.8147).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1039917. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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