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EF0 tornado in Steele County, North Dakota

Tornado July 7, 2008 · Steele County, North Dakota

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$2K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

A brief touchdown was observed near highway 32. Gravel was thrown across the road. Peak winds were estimated at 65 mph.

The wider storm

An area of low pressure moved along the Canadian border on Monday (7th) and developed several severe thunderstorms. A triple point, or the intersection of multiple boundaries, formed in north central North Dakota, and resulted in several tornado reports.

Began near Sharon (47.5700, -97.8400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Rolette County EF1 Towner County EF0 Walsh County EF0 Walsh County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 125542. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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