PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
930 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004
...LONG TRACK F1 TORNADO HITS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE
EVENING OF JULY 12 2004...
A DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS DETERMINED AN F1 TORNADO STRUCK NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LAST EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OTTERTAIL COUNTY NEAR PELICAN LAKE AND TAMARAC LAKE...WHERE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 110 MPH. THE TORNADO HAD A VERY LONG DAMAGE TRACK AROUND 45 MILES...AND WAS AROUND 1/4 MILE WIDE AT TIMES. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF GLYNDON MINNESOTA IN CLAY COUNTY AROUND 1032 PM...THEN TRACKED TO RICHVILLE MINNESOTA IN OTTERTAIL COUNTY BEFORE DISSIPATING AROUND 1205 AM. DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO IS CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED AROUND ONE MILLION DOLLARS. NUMEROUS HOUSES AND MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM TOPPLED TREES FALLING ON THEM...AND PARTS OF ROOFS WERE ALSO REMOVED FROM SEVERAL HOMES. SEVERAL CAMPERS AND TRAILERS WERE ALSO OVER TURNED. LUCKILY THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED INJURIES FROM THE TORNADO.
DAMAGE PHOTOS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
930 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004
...LONG TRACK F1 TORNADO HITS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE
EVENING OF JULY 12 2004...
A DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS DETERMINED AN F1 TORNADO STRUCK NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LAST EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OTTERTAIL COUNTY NEAR PELICAN LAKE AND TAMARAC LAKE...WHERE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 110 MPH. THE TORNADO HAD A VERY LONG DAMAGE TRACK AROUND 45 MILES...AND WAS AROUND 1/4 MILE WIDE AT TIMES. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF GLYNDON MINNESOTA IN CLAY COUNTY AROUND 1032 PM...THEN TRACKED TO RICHVILLE MINNESOTA IN OTTERTAIL COUNTY BEFORE DISSIPATING AROUND 1205 AM. DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO IS CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED AROUND ONE MILLION DOLLARS. NUMEROUS HOUSES AND MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM TOPPLED TREES FALLING ON THEM...AND PARTS OF ROOFS WERE ALSO REMOVED FROM SEVERAL HOMES. SEVERAL CAMPERS AND TRAILERS WERE ALSO OVER TURNED. LUCKILY THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED INJURIES FROM THE TORNADO.
DAMAGE PHOTOS
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