| List of confirmed tornadoes |
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| F# | Location | County | Time (UTC) | Path length | Damage |
| North Dakota |
| F0 | Hebron | Morton | 1201 | 1 mile (1.6 km) | Small dusty tornado struck the south edge of town,tossing around small objects,lofting tree branches,and destroying an old garage. An outbuilding was also damaged,and a pickup truck was damaged by debris. [5] |
| F2 | SW of Underwood | McLean | 1255 | 2 miles (3.2 km) | Tornado struck a farm,tearing an attached garage and much of the roof off of a farmhouse. A shop building,a wellhouse,and a garden shed on the property were also destroyed. Debris was scattered up to 1/2 mile away. Power lines were downed as well. [6] |
| F0 | S of Steele | Kidder | 1403 | 1 mile (1.6 km) | Tornado remained over open country and caused no damage. [7] |
| South Dakota |
| F1 | NE of Onida | Sully | 2140 | 5 miles
(8 km) | Tornado caused significant damage to a farmstead and scattered hay bales. The ground in a harvested sunflower field was heavily scoured. [8] |
| F3 | SW of Eureka to SE of Hillsview | McPherson | 2203 | 14 miles
(23 km) | Tornado devastated multiple farms,destroying homes,barns,vehicles,farming equipment,and grain bins. Trees were defoliated and debarked,and a well-anchored mobile home was completely destroyed. Debris from some sites was found up to 3 miles away from where it originated. One person sustained minor injuries. [9] |
| F0 | N of Holabird | Hyde | 2210 | 1 mile (1.6 km) | Weak tornado caused no damage. [10] |
| F0 | N of Highmore | Hyde | 2235 | 1 mile (1.6 km) | Weak tornado caused no damage. [11] |
| F2 | W of Miller | Hand | 2305 | 5 miles
(8 km) | Several well-built homes were heavily damaged,and a few were moved slightly off of their foundations. A large barn was destroyed,and a vehicle was moved 20 feet. Significant tree damage also occurred. |
| F3 | S of Vayland to SW of Huron | Hand,Beadle | 2332 | 24.5 miles
(39 km) | Large tornado. Near Vayland,several farmsteads were damaged. A mobile home was flipped and destroyed,a grain storage building was flipped onto a car,and several homes had significant roof and window damage. Numerous trees were snapped as well. Near Wessington,the tornado struck a farm and destroyed a house and several outbuildings. Five large metal high-tension truss towers were toppled in that area as well. Several farms near Wolsey were completely destroyed,and vehicles were thrown up to 50 feet away from where they originated. Some of the vehicles were badly mangled,and a pickup truck was partially wrapped around a tree. [12] Trees were snapped and debarked,power lines were downed,livestock was killed,and a small highway bridge was severely damaged before the tornado dissipated near Huron. Overall,8 homes were destroyed,and several others were damaged. Aerial survey revealed cycloidal scour marks in farm fields. Two people were injured. [13] [14] |
| F2 | SE of Huron | Beadle | 0018 | 7 miles
(11 km) | Tornado severely damaged 3 houses and destroyed or damaged a barn and several smaller buildings on farmsteads. The tornado knocked down power poles,with a transformer on one of the poles starting a brief fire. A tree shelter belt and some crops were damaged as well. [15] |
| F0 | S of Huron | Beadle | 0023 | <1 mile | Brief rope tornado caused only minor crop damage. [16] |
| F0 | SW of Esmond | Kingsbury | 0056 | <1 mile | Brief tornado caused no damage. [17] |
| Minnesota |
| F0 | N of Searles | Brown | 2208 | .5 mile | Tornado blew two semi-trucks off of Highway-15,injuring both of the drivers. A machine shed was destroyed,and some barns and outbuildings sustained minor damage. [18] |
| F3 | Nicollet to NW of Waterville | Nicollet,Le Sueur | 2230 | 33 miles
(53 km) | 1 death - Large,long-tracked,multiple-vortex tornado touched down in Nicollet and heavily damaged multiple homes,some of which were shifted from their foundations. One home in town lost much of its second story. The tornado rapidly intensified and completely leveled a house just south of St. Peter. Several farms in that area sustained major damage,along with a power substation. A total of 57 homes in Nicollet County were damaged,some of which were totaled. Vehicles were tossed and damaged as well. [19] In Le Sueur County,the tornado clipped the north side of Kasota,where over 100 homes suffered some damage,dozens of homes had major damage,and three were completely leveled. One man was killed in that area when a tree crashed through his roof. A few homes were also destroyed at nearby Lake Emily. Several farms were impacted and hundreds of farm animals were killed further along the path before the tornado dissipated near Waterville. Farm fields were heavily scoured along much of the path,and approximately five thousand acres of corn and soybeans were ruined. 37 people were injured,some of them severely. [20] [21] |
| Sources:SPC Storm Reports 08/24,Aberdeen office,Sioux Falls office,Twin Cities office,NCDC Storm Event Database |
