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EF1 tornado in Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Tornado August 5, 2024 · Blue Earth County, Minnesota
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Blue Earth County → Waseca County; 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
The tornado touched down in northeastern Blue Earth County and moved east-southeast before tracking into Waseca County. While in Blue Earth County, it hit a couple sheds and also uprooted or broke several dozen trees. Several power poles were knocked down.
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 St Clair (44.1281, -93.8133).
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 1211024. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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