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Tornado September 23, 2023 · Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota

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Not rated
0.2 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief rain wrapped tornado was spotted in an open field for approximately 45 seconds.

The wider storm

During the afternoon of September 23, 2023, a line of thunderstorms crossed the South Dakota/Minnesota border as part of a low pressure system. Embedded within one of these storms, two storm chasers independently confirmed that a weak tornado touched down in a rural field six miles northeast of Madison, MN. The tornado was on the ground for nearly 45 seconds and traveled about one-quarter mile before dissipating. No structural damage was reported. Average path width of the tornado was approximately 25 yards.

Approximately 13 miles to the northeast the same storm approached the town of Appleton where a funnel cloud was reported by broadcast media 2 miles north of town.

Began near Cerro Gordo (45.0800, -96.1100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1139524. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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