Tornado in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Tornado May 6, 2023 · Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Renville County → Kandiyohi County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This segment is a continuation of the tornado that initially spun up in the Renville County and tracked into southern Kandiyohi County. At approximately 1833 CST this storm crossed the southern border of Kandiyohi County towards the town of Prinsburg, MN before lifting at 1836CST. AT 1834CST the local fire department reported this tornado in an open field southeast of Prinsburg. There were no reports of damage or fatalities with this storm.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Roseland (44.8914, -95.1563).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1093844. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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