2010 Wadena tornado
|name=. Remove this parameter; the article title is used as the name by default.Clockwise: The rainwrapped EF4 tornado seen from a distance, a destroyed home in Wadena, debris littered in a neighborhood, view of damage in the city of Wadena, a Next-Generation Radar (NEXRAD) scan of the violent tornado. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | June 17, 2010, 4:59 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Dissipated | June 17, 2010, 5:16 p.m. CDT (UTC-05:00) |
| Duration | 17 minutes |
| EF4 tornado | |
| on the Enhanced Fujita scale | |
| Max width | 1,936 yd (1.1 mi; 1.8 km) |
| Path length | 10 miles (16 km) |
| Highest winds | 170 mph (270 km/h) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 20 |
| Damage | $32 million (2010 USD) |
| Areas affected | Otter Tail and Wadena counties; particularly the city of Wadena, Minnesota, United States. |
Part of the June 2010 Northern Plains tornado outbreak and Tornadoes of 2010 | |
The 2010 Wadena tornado was a large, rainwrapped and damaging EF4 tornado that directly struck the city of Wadena, Minnesota on June 17, 2010. It was part of a widespread and prolific tornado outbreak across portions of the Upper Midwest region of the United States. The storm caused severe levels of devastation across parts of the city, with the tornado becoming the costliest of the entire outbreak, as monetary losses were estimated at $32 million (USD). 20 people were injured during the event, though no fatalities were reported.
The outbreak responsible for the tornadoes across primarily North Dakota and Minnesota, including the tornado that impacted Wadena, lasted from June 16 to 18. The tornado was rated at low-end EF4 by the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, North Dakota, with estimated winds of 170 mph (270 km/h). It tracked a 10 mi (16 km) path across eastern Otter Tail and Wadena counties with a maximum width of 1,936 yd (1.1 mi; 1.8 km). It was the first time the state of Minnesota had seen a violent (F4/EF4+) tornado, since an F4 tornado tore through Granite Falls on July 25, 2000. The parent storm responsible for the EF4 tornado, was a long-lived supercell that formed in Stevens County, Minnesota and lasted for more than 3 hours. It spawned a family of tornadoes during its life until dissipating in Cass County, Minnesota.