EFU Tornado — Becker, Minnesota

2023-06-24 · near Callaway, Becker, Minnesota

1.0 mi

Path length

20 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Someone on twitter sent us a video of a tornado on the ground 6W of Callaway. The tornado occurred in an open field, which mitigated any damage it would have caused. Therefore, EF-U rating assigned with an estimated path length and width.

Wider weather episode

Surface low pressure system tracked across the North Dakota/South Dakota border creating an environment supporting the threat for low top supercells in Southeastern North Dakota into adjacent West Central Minnesota. Several low-top supercells developed and tracked along portions of the Minnesota Red River Valley. Portions of Norman, Polk, Becker, and Mahnomen counties saw multiple tornadoes. Large hail and damaging winds accompanied some of these storms, and flash flooding in some locations as well.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (46.9800, -96.0400)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1114337. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.