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Tornado in Polk County, Minnesota

Tornado May 15, 2025 · Polk County, Minnesota

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Polk county law enforcement reported a tornado. Two videos online showed a dusty circulation with no funnel cloud moving across a 260th St SW. No damage reported or seen via satellite.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms produced frequent severe wind gusts across portions of west central Minnesota, northwest Minnesota, and eastern North Dakota.

Began near Burwell (47.7870, -96.5280).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1268689. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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