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F2 tornado in Sibley County, Minnesota

Tornado June 24, 2003 · Sibley County, Minnesota

Rating

5.5 mi

Whole path

880 yd

Path width

Injuries

$15.0M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

The third tornado in a series touched down in Sibley County and moved straight north, occasionally stalling in place for minutes at a time. It heavily damaged two farmsteads, where all outbuildings and sheds were destroyed, and the houses sustained significant damage. It entered Renville County at 1845 CST and then into Buffalo Lake.

Began near Gibbon (44.6333, -94.6833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Sibley County F1 Renville County F1 Renville County F0 Renville County F0 Sibley County F0 Renville County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5362609. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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