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EF0 tornado in Nicollet County, Minnesota

Tornado June 16, 2025 · Nicollet County, Minnesota

EF0

Rating

1.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

Approximate track of tornado, based on storm chaser video. The tornado knocked down small branches at a farmstead. Many storm chasers, spotters, and members of the public took photos and video of this tornado. It was highly visible from miles away.

The wider storm

Multiple rounds of storms produced several cases of large hail and funnel clouds, as well as two tornadoes in Nicollet county during the afternoon and evening on Monday, June 16th. The largest reported hail (3.25 inches) occurred with a storm the developed over McLeod county and quickly strengthened over Carver county. There was also significant wind damage in the St Cloud area.

Began near Nicollet (44.2665, -94.1473).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Nicollet County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1265879. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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