ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO.com) — The Aberdeen office of the National Weather Service has issued a final report on the severe storms that spawned tornadoes across northeastern South Dakota and west-central Minnesota last Thursday.
A total of 12 tornadoes have been confirmed. The strongest of the 12 was an EF-2 tornado with peak winds estimated at 135 miles per hour that dropped a mile south of Gary, where a farmhouse lost its roof, along with most of the exterior walls on the main floor of the home.
Other locations for confirmed tornadoes were in:
–The city of Castlewood (EF-2, 120 mph peak winds)
–Six miles west-northwest of Rauville (EF-1, 110 mph peak winds)
–Five miles east of Dumont, Minnesota (EF-1, 100 mph peak winds)
–Four miles sw of Norcross, Minnesota (EF-0, 80 mph peak winds)
–One mile east-southeast of Tunerville (EF-1, 100 mph peak winds)
–Seven miles south of Webster (EF-1, 100 mph peak winds)
–Four miles west-southwest of Thomas (EF-1, 95 mph peak winds)
–Three miles east-southeast of Estelline (EF-2, 120 mph peak winds)
–Three miles north of Garden City (EF-1, 97 mph peak winds)
–Four miles north-northwest of Naples (EF-0, 80 mph peak winds)
–Five miles north-northeast of Raymond (EF-0, 80 mph peak winds)
