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EF1 tornado in Hubbard County, Minnesota

Tornado August 7, 2020 · Hubbard County, Minnesota

EF1

Rating

6.2 mi

Path length

250 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

This tornado was wrapped in heavy rain and downburst winds. It crossed portions of Shallow Lake, the north end of Lake Belle Taine, and the south end of Eighth Crow Wing Lake, where it snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.

The wider storm

During the late afternoon and evening of Friday, August 7th, a warm front lifted through the northwest quarter of Minnesota. Thunderstorms fired up, and produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, and a few tornadoes.

Began near Dorset (46.9700, -94.9000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Hubbard County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 911187. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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