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EF0 tornado in Wadena County, Minnesota

Tornado June 19, 2016 · Wadena County, Minnesota

EF0
Rating
2.3 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief touchdown occurred in an open field near the Wadena/Cass County line and appeared to move into Cass County before lifting. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph.

The wider storm

A cold front moved to a Baudette to Breckenridge line by the late afternoon of June 19th. Very muggy conditions covered much of Minnesota, with afternoon temperatures in the upper 80s to lower 90s and dew points in the mid 60s to mid 70s. A line of thunderstorms broke out near the front, extending all the way from eastern South Dakota into north central Minnesota. In this line, one severe thunderstorm flared up over eastern Otter Tail County and tracked eastward into southern Wadena County. Another severe thunderstorm flared up well behind the front, or over northeast Kittson County, and tracked eastward toward Warroad, Minnesota. Both storms produced large hail along their tracks.

Began near Oylen (46.5000, -94.7900).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Roseau County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 630467. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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