The August 7, 2010 tornado
EF4Richland and Wilkin counties, Minnesota and North Dakota
An EF4 tornado on a 5.0-mile path. It was one of 11 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day.
Watch how it happenedEF4 tornado · August 7, 2010
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- EF4
- Enhanced Fujita scale
- Path length
- 5.0 mi
- Width up to 600 yards
- Killed
- 0
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 0
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Saturday, August 7, 2010
- 5:25 PM CST
The National Weather Service account
Written by the local Weather Service office after its damage survey.
This tornado touched down south of Tyler and tracked to the east for roughly 2.5 miles before crossing the Bois de Sioux River into Wilkin County, Minnesota. In Wilkin County, the tornado continued for another 2.5 miles and lifted about 650 pm CDT. The total track length was about 5 miles and peak winds were estimated at 175 mph.
The storm system that day
By late in the day on the 7th, an east-west lying warm front had set up just north of the South Dakota border, extending eastward into west central Minnesota. South of the warm front, temperatures were in the mid to upper 80s with dew points in the lower 70s. Thunderstorms formed along and north of the warm front and several produced tornadoes.
NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
Counties on its path
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.