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EF0 tornado in Nelson County, North Dakota

Tornado June 24, 2022 · Nelson County, North Dakota

EF0

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

Persistent wall cloud, with brief funnel and large and dusty ground swirl reported over an open field. Tornado lasted less than a minute and was viewed from near Pekin. Peak winds estimated to 75 mph. Maximum width to 100 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 Tolna (47.8300, -98.3500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Walsh County EF0 Cavalier County EF0 Nelson County EF0 Nelson County EF0 Grand Forks County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1042866. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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