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EF0 tornado in Washington County, Minnesota

Tornado May 25, 2008 · Washington County, Minnesota

EF0

Rating

1.2 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$300K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Washington County → St. Croix County, Wisconsin → Polk County, Wisconsin; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

The tornado developed in the northern edge of Marine on St. Croix. It crossed the St. Croix River, and marched into St. Croix County and then Polk County. It dissipated 3.5 miles southwest of East Farmington in Polk County. Damage from the tornado included a few hundred trees felled, with several homes damaged by falling trees in Marine on St. Croix.

The wider storm

A cold front was the catalyst for numerous reports of severe weather on this date.

Began near Marine on St Croix (45.2038, -92.7680).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Washington County 2 dead EF1 Anoka County EF0 Washington County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 107676. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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