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Tornado in Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota
Tornado May 6, 2023 · Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota
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
A weak tornado develop north of Madison in Lac Qui Parle county. There were several images of this tornado on social media, but no reports of damage.
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 Louisburg (45.1000, -96.1900).
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 1098699. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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