F1 tornado in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

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

Rating

11.0 mi

Whole path

100 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 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

This tornado originated 3 miles northeast of Skime in Roseau County at 1825 CST. The tornado entered Lake of the Woods County about 7 miles west-southwest of Norris Camp and tracked to about 6 miles west-southwest of Norris Camp. Snapped and uprooted trees were noted for a path up to 100 yards wide where the track intersected available logging roads. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph.

Began near Faunce (48.6000, -95.3167).

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 F0 Roseau County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5530598. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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