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F2 tornado in Walsh County, North Dakota

Tornado June 6, 1999 · Walsh County, North Dakota

F2
Rating
3.1 mi
Whole path
130 yd
Path width
$17K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Walsh County → Walsh County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 130 yards (0.07 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

Several large trees were snapped off and light poles were bent over. Several metal grain bins were blown off their concrete foundations and thrown 200 feet. An old shed was also tossed 150 feet.

Began near Lankin (48.2700, -98.0000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Pembina CountyF2 Walsh CountyF1 Nelson CountyF0 Benson CountyF0 Walsh CountyF0 Eddy CountyF0 Eddy CountyF0 Walsh CountyF0 Pembina CountyF0 Pembina CountyF0 Ramsey CountyF0 Ramsey CountyF0 Benson CountyF0 Benson CountyF0 Ramsey County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5702020. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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