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EF0 tornado in Pennington County, Minnesota

Tornado June 24, 2022 · Pennington County, Minnesota

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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 brief touchdown was noted in an open field just north of MN Hwy 1. A dust swirl was evident but no damage was apparent. A nearby MNDOT RWIS station registered a peak wind of 71 mph. Maximum width estimated to 40 yards.

The wider storm

Two rounds of severe thunderstorms produced large hail and gusty winds across the northern Red River Valley and into northwest Minnesota. Hail up to 2.75 inches was reported.

Began near Erie (48.1300, -95.6600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Becker County EF1 Mahnomen County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1042830. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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