EF1 tornado in Norman County, Minnesota

Tornado July 7, 2025 · Norman County, Minnesota

EF1

Rating

4.7 mi

Whole path

40 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Polk County → Norman County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

A tornado tracked NW to SE with a final S push as it occluded. It tracked for about 5.3 miles, starting in Polk County, then continuing into Norman County. After crossing into Norman County, this tornado scoured a soybean/corn field before doing damage to some farm outbuildings. This track may be adjusted pending high resolution satellite imagery. UPDATE 7/22: Track adjusted based on Sentinel-2 imagery. EF0 damage was noted in Polk County, with EF1 damage in Norman County.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms including supercells produced large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes across parts of eastern North Dakota and west central Minnesota.

Began near Lockhart (47.4990, -96.6210).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Polk County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1282443. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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