EF0 tornado in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Tornado July 4, 2025 · Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

EF0

Rating

4.2 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

Sentinel-2 satellite imagery reveals high probability of tornado damage at this location within southeastern portions of Minnesota's Beltrami Island State Forest. Damage occurred in very rural and undeveloped area, with no reports of any damage to structures received. Damage indicators unknown at this time despite obvious damage to trees via satellite imagery. Time estimated via KMVX radar. EM confirmed road was blocked by tree damage.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening on the Independence Day Federal Holiday resulted in damaging wind gusts across northwest and west central Minnesota. Flash flooding also caused widespread impacts to Bemidji, MN as a result of heavy rain and tree damage debris from the June 20-21 derecho blocking streets and storm drains.

Began near Carp (48.4942, -94.8070).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1291698. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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