EF1 tornado in McLeod County, Minnesota
Tornado July 28, 2019 · McLeod County, Minnesota
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
An EF1 tornado spun up southeast of Silver Lake and quickly became 1/4 mile wide (440 yards), as it tracked northeast across Highway 7 before dissipating 3 miles east-northeast of Silver Lake. Corn was flattened, a few outbuildings were destroyed, and many trees were damaged.
The wider storm
Several severe storms developed in a highly sheared environment. Instability was adequate enough to cause a few of the storms to become tornadic near Silver Lake, and around Forest Lake, and Scandia during the afternoon of Sunday, July 28th.
A storm survey found a total of six tornadoes. These surveys indicated an EF1 tornado formed near Silver Lake, and another between Forest Lake, north of Scandia, and into southern Chicago County.
The worst damage occurred along Bone Lake near Scandia, where very large trees were uprooted or blown down. Some of the trees caused significant damage to lake homes on Bone Lake.
Began near South Silver Lake (44.8828, -94.1691).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 835219. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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