F2 tornado in Wright County, Minnesota

Tornado July 1, 1997 · Wright County, Minnesota

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

550 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 550 yards (0.31 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

Two tornadoes converged on the Prairie Acres housing development 1 south of Monticello at about the same time. Extensive damage in area.

Began near Monticello (45.3000, -93.9300).

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 F1 Isanti County F1 Pope County F1 Wright 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 5616228. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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