F1 tornado in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Tornado July 1, 1997 · Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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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 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

Tornado left a one mile track of damage on the south and southeast sides of Willmar. Warehouse destroyed. Roof damage to motel.

Began near Willmar (45.1300, -95.0500).

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 Wright County F1 Anoka County F1 Washington County F1 Kandiyohi County F0 Meeker County F0 Meeker County F0 Renville County F0 Kandiyohi County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5616296. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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