2006 Dakota – Minnesota tornado outbreak

Infobox tornado outbreak|name=2006 Dakota – Minnesota tornado outbreak
date=August 24, 2006
image location=Tornado-Leseur-24.jpg

Le Sueur County Tornado
duration=7 hours
fujitascale=F3
tornadoes=14 confirmed
total damages (USD)=> $44 million (+ $130 million non-tornadic)
total fatalities=1
areas affected=North Dakota, South Dakota, southern MinnesotaThe 2006 Dakota – Minnesota tornado outbreak was an outbreak of 14 tornadoes in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota on August 24, 2006. The outbreak spawned three F3 tornadoes, one of which casued a fatality in Kasota, Minnesota. The severe weather outbreak also produced many reports of severe hail which casued $130 million in damage across several states.

Outbreak description

A moderate risk of severe weather was issued by the SPC for August 24, with a significant threat for tornadoes, some of which could be strong. The main threat area ran from North Dakota southeastward into Minnesota and northern Iowa to western Wisconsin. [cite web | title = Aug 24, 2006 Convective Outlook | publisher = NOAA | date = 2006-08-24 | url = http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2006/day1otlk_20060824_2000.html | accessdate = 2006-12-22 ]

. The three others storms in Beadle County were rated from F0 to F2. [cite web | title = Beadle County Damage Assessment Completed | publisher = NOAA | date = 2006-08-25 | url = http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=fsd&storyid=3488&source=0 | accessdate = 2006-12-22 ]

The most destructive tornado of the day was a multiple vortex F3 tornado that hit the Minnesota cities of Nicollet, Kasota and Cleveland. It was on the ground for 33 miles, killed one person and caused $30 million in damages.cite web | title = Tornado & Large Hail Event: August 24, 2006 | publisher = NOAA | date = 2006-09-14 | url = http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/?n=24aug2006 | accessdate = 2006-12-22 ] This tornado passed near but did not hit the city of St. Peter, which was devastated by the 1998 Comfrey – St. Peter tornado outbreak.

The disturbance associated with this outbreak also spawn two tornadoes in the province of Saskatchewan the previous day in Yorkton and Unity without causing any damage (thus F0's).

The next day, the same storm system hit the Mid-Atlantic and prompted a tornado warning to be issued for New York City for a short time. Although no tornado hit the city, a small F0 tornado did touch down on Long Island in Massapequa, New York.

=Casualties and da

One person, a 90-year old man, was killed when he was pinned by a tree while inside a home in Kasota. [cite web | title = Minnesota Tornadoes, Hail Kill 1 Man | publisher = Fox News | date = 2006-08-25 | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210413,00.html | accessdate = 2006-12-22 ] Thirty-seven people were reported to have had injuries from that tornado. Five others were injured in the remaining tornadoes on this day, and in all there was $44 million in damages.

Confirmed tornadoes

Tornado Chart
Total=14
F0=7
F1=1
F2=3
F3=3
F4=0
F5=0
Enhanced=no

Non-tornadic events

A wider area, from Montana to Michigan was also affected by large hail storms throughout the day. Southern Minnesota was especially hard hit, with hail to 4.25 in (10.8 cm) diameter reported in New Prague, and $50 million in property damage sustained in and around Northfield. Two car dealerships in Northfield lost their entire inventory of vehicles. [cite web | title = Event Record Details | publisher = National Climatic Data Center | url = http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~ShowEvent~620464 | accessdate = ] In Minnesota there was $125 million in hail damage reported.

ee also

*List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
*Tornadoes of 2006

References

External links

* [http://spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2006/day1otlk_20060824_2000.html SPC Convective Outlook, 2000Z]