F0 tornado in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Tornado June 24, 2003 · Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 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.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Brief touchdown on the southwest side of the Minnesota River, with minor tree damage. The tornado then crossed into Chippewa County at 1939 CST.

Began near Granite Falls (45.6500, -95.4000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Pope County F0 Chippewa County F0 Chisago County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5362111. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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