EF1 Tornado — Carver, Minnesota

2025-06-28 · near Mayer, Carver, Minnesota

7.2 mi

Path length

300 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Touchdown was likely in a field northwest of Goose Lake. The most substantial tree damage occurred along the northwest shore of Lake Waconia. The tornado then tracked across County Rd 92 south of Crown College before ending somewhere between Parley Lake Rd and the western edge of Carver Park Reserve. The maximum estimated wind speed was 95 mph.

Wider weather episode

Scattered storms developed near the South Dakota and Minnesota border during the early evening on June 28th, then quickly strengthened into discrete supercells as they progressed into west central Minnesota. These storms produced scattered reports of large hail, thunderstorm wind damage, and three tornadoes.

As the evening progressed, the supercells merged into clusters and eventually into long line that produced more widespread wind damage and five tornadoes in Carver County. The storms gradually weakened after moving into Wisconsin and south central Minnesota.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1264869. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.