F1 tornado in Wright County, Minnesota

Tornado July 1, 1997 · Wright County, Minnesota

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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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

Damage path in the town of Waverly was 1 block wide by 7 blocks long. Garages and barns blown down. Roofs ripped off.

Began near Waverly (45.0500, -94.0000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Wright County F2 Wright County F2 Wright County F1 Isanti County F1 Pope County F1 Anoka County F1 Washington County F1 Kandiyohi County F1 Kandiyohi County F0 Meeker County F0 Meeker County F0 Renville County F0 Kandiyohi County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5616225. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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