What the record says
On 8 July 2020, a tornado touched down near Ashby, Minnesota. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 8.9 miles long and up to 650 yards wide, rated EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 2.
- EF4Enhanced Fujita rating
- 1death
- 2injuries
- 8.9 mipath length
- 650 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 46.09, -95.94 and the end point at 46.17, -95.80 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Minnesota
- Manhattan Beach, Minnesota tornado6 August 1969, F4, 12 deaths, 70 injuries, 32.3 miles long
- Fargo, North Dakota tornado20 June 1957, F5, 10 deaths, 103 injuries, 52.4 miles long
- Garvin, Minnesota tornado13 June 1968, F5, 9 deaths, 150 injuries, 9.1 miles long
- Hartland, Minnesota tornado30 April 1967, F4, 6 deaths, 22 injuries, 20.1 miles long
- Minneapolis, Minnesota tornado6 May 1965, F4, 6 deaths, 158 injuries, 17.3 miles long
- Hollandale, Minnesota tornado10 May 1953, F2, 6 deaths, 3 injuries, 6.9 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2020
- Cookeville, Tennessee tornado3 March 2020, EF4, 19 deaths, 87 injuries, 8.4 miles long
- Chatsworth, Georgia tornado12 April 2020, EF2, 8 deaths, 24 injuries, 8.9 miles long
- Bassfield, Mississippi tornado12 April 2020, EF4, 7 deaths, 98 injuries, 67.4 miles long
- Scotia, South Carolina tornado13 April 2020, EF4, 5 deaths, 60 injuries, 23.7 miles long
- Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee tornado3 March 2020, EF3, 5 deaths, 220 injuries, 60.1 miles long
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