EFU Tornado — Nobles, Minnesota

2025-04-28 · near (otg)worthington Arp, Nobles, Minnesota

1.5 mi

Path length

10 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A brief landspout tornado was witnessed in an open field. From video evidence, the tornado touched down around 3 miles west-southwest of Brewster, just east of Sundberg Avenue north of 220th Street, and tracked to the east-northeast for around 2 minutes before dissipating. The tornado caused no damage and was therefore unrated.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms erupted along a cold front and a post-frontal boundary during the afternoon and early evening of April 28. Steep mid-level lapse rates around 8C/km and 55 to 65 knots of deep-layer shear led to severe storm structures, which evolved toward smaller-scale linear features along strong outflow pools with 60 to 65 mph winds during the event. Post-frontal storms developed in an environment of up to 1000 J/kg MUCAPE which favored mainly large hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1256838. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.