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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
506 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 07/06/2026 TORNADO EVENT
FLOYD LAKE
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.79 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 2
START DATE: 07/06/2026
START TIME: 07:47 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSW WESTBURY / BECKER COUNTY / MN
START LAT/LON: 46.8822 / -95.9267
END DATE: 07/06/2026
END TIME: 07:57 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NE DETROIT LAKES / BECKER COUNTY / MN
END LAT/LON: 46.8564 / -95.7908
SURVEY SUMMARY:
1 INJURY CAN BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE TORNADO AS A HOMEOWNER
WAS INJURED IN THEIR HOME WHEN THEIR ROOF WAS REMOVED BY THE
TORNADO. THE SECOND INJURY WAS AFTER THE TORNADO DURING THE
CLEANUP STAGE AND COULD DUE TO SHOCK OR TRAUMA ACCORDING TO THE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE BEGUN ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF
WHEELER LAKE, TRACKING OVER THE LAKE WHERE IT CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE
TO A FEW HOMES AND SNAPPED THE TRUNKS OF A FEW LARGE OAK AND
POPLAR TREES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAKE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
EAST WHERE IT APPEARS TO HAVE WIDENED TO AROUND A HALF MILE IN
WIDTH ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF (BIG) FLOYD LAKE. THIS IS WHERE
THE HIGHEST RATED SURVEY DAMAGE OCCURRED WITH A FEW GARAGES
ANCHORED AND MODESTLY BUILT GARAGES WERE COLLAPSED. A FEW OTHER
MORE QUESTIONABLY BUILT GARAGES AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE SWEPT CLEAN
IN THE OAKLAND BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD ROOFING
AND TREE DAMAGE. IT WAS IN THIS SAME AREA THAT A 6 BY 12 FOOT
HORSE TRAILER WAS LOFTED AND CARRIED ABOUT 1/8SM FROM ITS STABLES.
THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ACROSS THE LAKE ONTO THE EASTERN SHORE
INFLICTING MORE ROOF AND TREE DAMAGE. THE LAST VISIBLE SURVEYED
DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE CORNER OF CO HWY 25 AND ANCHOR RD ABOUT 3
MILES EAST OF THE SOUTHERN END OF (BIG) FLOYD LAKE.
THIS SURVEY REMAINS PRELIMINARY AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN
RATING, LENGTH, AND WIDTH PENDING HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE
IMAGERY IN THE COMING DAYS.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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