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Tornado in Adams County, North Dakota

Tornado May 23, 2024 · Adams County, North Dakota

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Not rated

0.2 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.

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

The tornado touched down in an open field east of Bucyrus and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EFU (Unknown).

The wider storm

A low pressure system over west-central South Dakota lifted a warm front into far southern North Dakota, with thunderstorms developing along and ahead of the front. This was in an area of enhanced instability and strong deep layer shear. Some of the thunderstorms became severe with the main threat being large hail, though a few produced damaging wind gusts. In addition, one storm produced a tornado in Adams County. The tornado touched down in an open field east of Bucyrus and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate and so by National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF Unknown. The largest hail reported was the size of golf balls and fell in Emmons County. The strongest reported wind gust was 60 mph and occurred in Adams County.

Began near Hettinger Arpt (46.0800, -102.6800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1180194. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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