EF3 Tornado — Kandiyohi, Minnesota

2008-07-11 · near Priam, Kandiyohi, Minnesota

Event narrative

Three homes were destroyed and eight others were damaged. Barns and sheds were destroyed, along with two businesses, including two turkey barns. At Highway 71 and County Rd. 19 a small trailer was turned on its side, and several farm tractors were turned on their sides. Two minor injuries occurred at a turkey barn 2.5 miles South of Downtown Willmar.

Wider weather episode

Instability ahead of a cold front which moved from the Central Dakotas on the morning of the 11th, to the Eastern half of Minnesota by the early evening hours, was the prime ingredient for scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms across the region, during this period.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 129209. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.