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EF0 tornado in Goodhue County, Minnesota

Tornado May 21, 2024 · Goodhue County, Minnesota

EF0

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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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.

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

The tornado broke about 12-15 trees in three different groves. Two evergreens were also tipped over. It also carved out a path through some tall grasses. The estimated maximum wind speed was 70 mph.

The wider storm

A low pressure center in southeast Nebraska during the morning of May 21 reached southeast Minnesota during the evening. A warm front extended to the east-northeast from the low. Severe storms developed, producing two tornadoes: one in south central MN and another in southeast MN. Severe other storms produced wind damage, mostly to trees and power lines.

Began near Welch (44.5599, -92.6359).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Martin County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1207996. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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