EFU Tornado — Renville, Minnesota

2023-05-06 · near Renville, Renville, Minnesota

1.0 mi

Path length

25 yds

Path width

Event narrative

At 1818 CST storm chaser video confirmed a weak tornado developed southeast of 20699 860th Street. No injuries or damages were reported.

Wider weather episode

During the afternoon of May 06 a weak frontal boundary was draped across western Minnesota. Afternoon clearing allowed a few hundred Joules of MLCAPE to develop, and storm relative helicity increased along and north of the boundary. A few rotating thunderstorms developed and produced several brief, weak tornadoes, along with one report of quarter size hail. This was a low end severe weather event, with little impacts.

The only damage report was to an out building. Video shows part of the roof being blown off.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (44.8547, -95.2757)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1093830. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.