A rare and devastating EF5 tornado that struck southeastern North Dakota in June has been officially confirmed by the National Weather Service (NWS) as the first of its kind in the United States in over a decade. This marks the end of a record-setting 12-year period without an EF5-rated tornado, the longest such gap since official records began in 1950.
The most recent EF5 tornado in the United States struck Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people and injuring over 200 as it reduced much of the city to rubble within minutes.
Experts confirmed that a rare and powerful EF5 tornado that tore through eastern North Dakota in June, killing three people, was the first of its kind in over a decade in the United States. The National Weather Service in Grand Forks announced that the tornado’s winds exceeded 210 mph, prompting an upgrade to the EF5 classification.
The tornado initially touched down near Enderlin, North Dakota, roughly 40 miles southwest of Fargo, and traveled northward for nearly 20 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 12 miles before dissipating near Alice.
Tornadoes are assessed after the fact according to the extent of the damage they inflict. Initially, the Enderlin tornado was classified as an EF3, with estimated winds of 160 mph. Further analysis by National Weather Service meteorologists, in collaboration with other scientists, prompted the tornado’s upgrade, largely due to the severe damage it caused to a freight train.
According to the report, the powerful tornado hurled an empty train car nearly 500 feet off the tracks and toppled several fully loaded grain hopper cars. Its intense winds also snapped large trees down to stumps and caused “complete destruction” to a farmstead.
According to CNN website, tornadoes are assigned ratings based on the type of damage that they do and that damage level is tied to a wind speed. A tornado that rips apart a single family home down to its foundation is given winds of 200 mph, making it an EF4. However, before the scale was changed in 2007, that type of damage was considered the most extreme level.
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The most recent EF5 tornado in the United States struck Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people and injuring over 200 as it reduced much of the city to rubble within minutes.
Experts confirmed that a rare and powerful EF5 tornado that tore through eastern North Dakota in June, killing three people, was the first of its kind in over a decade in the United States. The National Weather Service in Grand Forks announced that the tornado’s winds exceeded 210 mph, prompting an upgrade to the EF5 classification.
The tornado initially touched down near Enderlin, North Dakota, roughly 40 miles southwest of Fargo, and traveled northward for nearly 20 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 12 miles before dissipating near Alice.
Tornadoes are assessed after the fact according to the extent of the damage they inflict. Initially, the Enderlin tornado was classified as an EF3, with estimated winds of 160 mph. Further analysis by National Weather Service meteorologists, in collaboration with other scientists, prompted the tornado’s upgrade, largely due to the severe damage it caused to a freight train.
According to the report, the powerful tornado hurled an empty train car nearly 500 feet off the tracks and toppled several fully loaded grain hopper cars. Its intense winds also snapped large trees down to stumps and caused “complete destruction” to a farmstead.
According to CNN website, tornadoes are assigned ratings based on the type of damage that they do and that damage level is tied to a wind speed. A tornado that rips apart a single family home down to its foundation is given winds of 200 mph, making it an EF4. However, before the scale was changed in 2007, that type of damage was considered the most extreme level.
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