F0 tornado in Renville County, Minnesota

Tornado June 24, 2003 · Renville County, Minnesota

Rating

2.9 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

This second tornado entered Renville County at 1831 CST, then remained nearly stationary in an open field for about 10 minutes. Then it began moving northeast again, crossing Highway 212, then looping back to the south as the tornado roped out. The only damage was to some power lines and transformers.

Began near Buffalo Lake (44.8333, -94.6500).

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 F1 Renville County F0 Renville County F0 Sibley County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5363591. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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