EF1 tornado in Freeborn County, Minnesota
Tornado August 5, 2024 · Freeborn County, Minnesota
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Freeborn County → Worth County, Iowa; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A tornado hit some farms in southwestern Freeborn County. At its outset, a garden shed was destroyed and another farm shed lost part of its roof. Midway along its path, two metal sheds were destroyed and another shed lost its roof. One grain bin was destroyed and another had its side dented in. Many trees were uprooted or had trunks snapped.
The wider storm
A nearly stationary front was draped across southern Minnesota on the afternoon of Monday, August 5, 2024. A very unstable airmass with strong shear was present along and south of the front. Two supercells developed over Nicollet and Watonwan Counties, then strengthened while tracking southeast. Supercells eventually formed a line of severe thunderstorms, which continued to result in occasional tornadoes and damaging wind gusts across south central MN.
Began near Emmons (43.5315, -93.5279).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1211023. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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