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F0 tornado in Brown County, Minnesota

Tornado August 24, 2006 · Brown County, Minnesota

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

Injuries

$200K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

The tornado tore across corn and bean fields, and crossed both Highways 15 and 68. It blew two semis off Highway 15, injuring two individuals. A machine shed was destroyed, and minor damage was incurred by some barns and outbuildings.

Began near Searles (44.5667, -93.3500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Le Sueur County 1 dead F3 Nicollet County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5531929. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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