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EF0 tornado in Walsh County, North Dakota

Tornado July 7, 2008 · Walsh County, North Dakota

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$10K

Crop damage

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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

A brief touchdown was noted in an open field. The tornado tracked for about one half mile to the east and lifted by 619 pm CDT. Some crop damage was evident. Peak winds were estimated at 70 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 Lankin (48.3500, -97.9700).

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 Steele County EF0 Walsh County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 125554. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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