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F2 tornado in Walsh County, North Dakota

Tornado June 6, 1999 · Walsh County, North Dakota

F2
Rating
3.0 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$250K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

A 54x108 foot building and a shed were destroyed by the tornado. One tractor inside was moved and the building doors were wrapped around the cab. Shingles from the barn were impaled in the swather. Some of the farm equipment was overturned and some boards were driven into the ground. Debris was picked up and tossed in a nearby slough.

Began near Lankin (48.2200, -98.0700).

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 5702023. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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