Weather Service Confirms Tornado Struck North Dakota City

July 31, 2015

The National Weather Service has confirmed that storm damage in Tolna, N.D. was caused by a tornado.

The tornado last week was rated an EF-1, with an estimated peak wind speed of 110 mph. It was on the ground for about 4 minutes, covering about half a mile.

The twister uprooted trees, bent a communications tower, blew a storage building off its foundation and knocked out electricity for a time.

tornadoNo injuries were reported.

Topics Catastrophe Natural Disasters Windstorm

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