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Event Details
| Event | Tornado |
| -- Scale | EF1 |
| -- Length | 1.52 |
| -- Width | 125 |
| State | MINNESOTA |
| County/Area | DAKOTA |
| WFO | MPX |
| Begin Date | 08/13/2010 02:04:00 CST-6 |
| Begin Range | 3 |
| Begin Azimuth | NW |
| Begin Location | FARMINGTON |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 44.67/-93.19 |
| End Date | 08/13/2010 02:08:00 CST-6 |
| End Range | 3 |
| End Azimuth | N |
| End Location | FARMINGTON |
| End Lat/Lon | 44.68/-93.16 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 1/0 |
| Property Damage | 750.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | Three waves of thunderstorms moved across southern and central Minnesota during the late afternoon of August 12th, through early Friday morning, August 13th. Severe periods of severe weather occurred in the afternoon and evening before it became more of a heavy rainfall, and flash flooding event. Several reports of tornadoes, wind damage and large hail occurred from west-central Minnesota, through south central, and east-central Minnesota. A tornado occurred in the town of Farmington, Minnesota during the odd hour of 3 am. |
| Event Narrative | A Storm Survey determined that an EF-1 tornado tracked to the northeast from three miles northwest of Farmington, to 3.3 miles north of Farmington, Minnesota. The damage consisted of the following; A few homes had large sections of roof structure removed. Numerous homes had significant roof damage, with loss of vinyl or metal siding. In addtion, numerous garage doors had collapsed or were pushed inward. One home had their entire garage shifted off its foundation by over 5 inches. Another home had their entire garage collapse, only leaving the main home intact. Due to several structures that had their foundations shifted and walls completely blown down, this tornado was rated a high end EF-1, which is approximately 105 mph. Most of the tornado damage was high end EF-0, or low end EF-1, or approximately 70 to 90 mph. Hundreds of trees were either uprooted or blown down. Several trees had diameters in excess of 30 inches. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 1 | 1.530M | 0.00K | |||||||
| MADISON | LAC QUI PARLE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 16:54 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WALNUT GROVE | REDWOOD CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 17:00 | CST-6 | Funnel Cloud | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ROSEN | LAC QUI PARLE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 17:05 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 0.00K |
| DELHI | REDWOOD CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 17:19 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 56 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 15.00K | 0.00K |
| LOUISBURG | LAC QUI PARLE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 17:22 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00K | 0.00K |
| OLIVIA | RENVILLE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 17:35 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 61 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| MORRIS | STEVENS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 17:47 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. MG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| HUTCHINSON | MCLEOD CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:10 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| FORADA | DOUGLAS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:28 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 56 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 15.00K | 0.00K |
| ALEXANDRIA | DOUGLAS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:30 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| HOWARD LAKE | WRIGHT CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:35 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| BECKER | SHERBURNE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:39 | CST-6 | Funnel Cloud | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| PAYNESVILLE ARPT | STEARNS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:39 | CST-6 | Funnel Cloud | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BROOTEN | STEARNS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:44 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 500.00K | 0.00K |
| BUFFALO MUNI ARPT | WRIGHT CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:45 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| MONTICELLO | WRIGHT CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:52 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 56 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| ST AGUSTA | STEARNS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:58 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| HOLDINGFORD | STEARNS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 18:59 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| ST AGUSTA | STEARNS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 19:00 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K |
| MARTY | STEARNS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 19:01 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 56 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 25.00K | 0.00K |
| PLEASANT LAKE | STEARNS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 19:08 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CABLE | SHERBURNE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 19:10 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| MILACA MUNI ARPT | MILLE LACS CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 19:32 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WALBO | ISANTI CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 19:35 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| RUSH PT | CHISAGO CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 19:41 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 65 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SACRED HEART | RENVILLE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 22:15 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| SACRED HEART | RENVILLE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 22:30 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| DARFUR | WATONWAN CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 22:57 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| OLIVIA | RENVILLE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 23:00 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| RENVILLE | RENVILLE CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 23:00 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FAIRMONT | MARTIN CO. | MN | 08/12/2010 | 23:30 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 61 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| BROWNTON | MCLEOD CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 00:00 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| NORWOOD | CARVER CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 00:20 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| MINNEOPA | BLUE EARTH CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 00:21 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| COLOGNE | CARVER CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 01:00 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| NORWOOD | CARVER CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 01:00 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CHASKA | CARVER CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 01:15 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| CARVER | CARVER CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 01:20 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 56 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CARVER | CARVER CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 01:30 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ELLENDALE | STEELE CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 01:30 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 56 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K |
| SHIELDSVILLE | RICE CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 01:55 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 63 kts. MG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| DEEPHAVEN | HENNEPIN CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 02:00 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| BELLE PLAINE | SCOTT CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 02:00 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FARMINGTON | DAKOTA CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 02:04 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF1 | 0 | 1 | 750.00K | 0.00K |
| ROSCOE | GOODHUE CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 02:15 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 56 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| HADER | GOODHUE CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 02:17 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| TROUT BROOK | GOODHUE CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 02:25 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 52 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| FARIBAULT | RICE CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 02:30 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| ROSEMOUNT | DAKOTA CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 02:30 | CST-6 | Flash Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| LESTER PRAIRIE | MCLEOD CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 03:21 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.50 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| HAREB | POPE CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 04:45 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SEDAN | POPE CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 05:10 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| BROOTEN | STEARNS CO. | MN | 08/13/2010 | 05:29 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 1 | 1.530M | 0.00K |
