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F1 tornado in McLeod County, Minnesota

Tornado May 15, 1998 · McLeod County, Minnesota

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$500K

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 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

Brief tornado touchdown destroying 6 farm buildings and damaged homestead. Debris hurled over nearby Butternut Lake. Posts driven 2 feet into the ground.

Began near Silver Lake (44.9700, -94.2000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Stearns County 1 dead F1 Anoka County F1 Faribault County F1 Ramsey County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5649317. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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