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F2 tornado in Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Tornado March 29, 1998 · Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Rating

17.0 mi

Path length

1,760 yd

Path width

Injuries

$20.0M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,760 yards (1.00 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

Tornado tracked through Le Center and adjoining rural areas. Most of the businesses in the southern part of town were damaged. Buildings destroyed at county fairgrounds. 15 mobiles homes at a trailer park destroyed, another 26 suffering major damage. Over 100 farm buildings destroyed.

Began near Cleveland (44.3700, -93.8300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Brown County 1 dead F4 Watonwan County F3 Nicollet County 1 dead F2 Rice County F1 Rice County F0 Dakota County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5638762. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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