EF0 tornado in Houston County, Minnesota

Tornado June 25, 2025 · Houston County, Minnesota

EF0

Rating

3.6 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Allamakee County, Iowa → Houston County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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

This weak tornado continued into Houston County from Allamakee County where it produced additional minor tree damage. Much of this tree damage occurred within the proximity of structures but no structural damage was observed.

The wider storm

During the evening hours on June 25th, an outbreak of weak tornadoes occurred across southeast Minnesota which resulted in 6 tornadoes in this portion of the state. These tornadoes were weak and short-lived but did produce localized swaths of tree damage. Two tornadoes also caused minor structural damage in both Houston and Wabasha counties.

Began near Eitzen (43.5005, -91.3806).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Fillmore County EF1 Wabasha County EF0 Houston County EF0 Winona County EF0 Wabasha County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1277236. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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