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EF0 tornado in Dodge County, Minnesota

Tornado May 20, 2024 · Dodge County, Minnesota

EF0

Rating

1.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Brief touchdown in open field. Witnessed by multiple sources and path documented via satellite imagery.

The wider storm

On May 20th, isolated severe thunderstorms produced large hail up to half dollar size across southeast Minnesota. Additionally, two brief landspout tornadoes occurred in Dodge county during the evening hours.

Began near Hayfield (43.9268, -92.9896).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Dodge County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1177645. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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