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EF1 tornado in Beltrami County, Minnesota

Tornado July 26, 2021 · Beltrami County, Minnesota

EF1

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$1.2M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

Initial report of a tornado on Lower Red Lake, which moved onshore at Red Lake and tracked for less than one mile. The tornado lifted by 515 PM CDT. Damaging downburst winds, heavy rain, and large hail continued to track southeastward with this storm. Damage was reported to the Tribal College, as well as other homes and buildings in the area. A light pole was snapped and several signs were toppled. Several large trees were snapped.

The wider storm

Isolated severe thunderstorms formed during the afternoon, producing heavy impacts as the result of large hail, damaging wind gusts, and several tornadoes.

Began near Redlake (47.8800, -95.0200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Beltrami County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 975919. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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