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F0 tornado in Wright County, Minnesota

Tornado September 16, 2006 · Wright County, Minnesota

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$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

An NWS damage survey confirmed a brief tornado touched down along the western shore of Twin Lake. There were an estimated two hundred trees downed at the north end of Quinn Avenue, and two homes suffered substantial damage, partially from falling trees. Minor damage was reported to several additional homes.

Began near South Haven (45.2667, -94.2167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Hennepin County 1 dead F0 McLeod County F0 Meeker County F0 Anoka County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5534337. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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