Home / Minnesota / Renville

F1 tornado in Renville County, Minnesota

Tornado June 24, 2003 · Renville County, Minnesota

Rating

4.5 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$500K

Damage as recorded

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

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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 first of five tornadoes to hit the Buffalo Lake area this evening, the tornado hit three farmsteads before crossing into Sibley County at 1755 CST. Trees were knocked down, sheds and outbuildings destroyed, a grain dryer was overturned, a grain bin and silo were destroyed, and houses sustained minor damage.

Began near Buffalo Lake (44.7167, -94.6167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Sibley County F1 Sibley County F1 Renville County F0 Renville County F0 Sibley County F0 Renville County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5363588. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.