F0 tornado in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Tornado August 5, 2006 · Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Rating

9.0 mi

Whole path

25 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Roseau County → Lake of the Woods County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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 tornado originated 1 mile north of Swift in Roseau County at 1822 CST. Peak winds were estimated at 65 mph.

Began near Williams (48.8667, -95.0833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Roseau County F1 Roseau County F1 Roseau County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5530594. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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