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Tornado in Wells County, North Dakota

Tornado July 4, 2024 · Wells County, North Dakota

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Not rated

0.4 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 southeast of Chaseley and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed as a broad upper low circulated over North Dakota. One thunderstorm produced a landspout tornado to the southeast of Chaseley, in Wells County. The tornado occurred in an open field and damaged no structures, thus by National Weather Service policy the tornado was rated EF-U (Unknown).

Began near Chaseley (47.4044, -99.7541).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1200708. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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