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Tornado in Cook County, Minnesota

Tornado June 18, 2019 · Cook County, Minnesota

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

5 yd

Path width

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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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A fishing party on Elbow Lake observed a funnel cloud and took a photo of it. They reported there was a brief period of debris being lofted into the air. The party contacted a local pilot who performed a flyover and confirmed tree damage in the woods north of Elbow Lake. This tornado occurred in an area with no roads, making it difficult to survey.

The wider storm

A potent vort max moving over the Minnesota Arrowhead led to popcorn-type showers and storms during the afternoon hours. One of these storms interacted with an inland-moving lake breeze and resulted in a brief, weak tornado that was observed by a fishing party.

Began near Marais (47.8900, -90.3000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 836756. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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