August 29, 2013, Tornado near Hill City, MN

Tornado - REMER/HILL CITY, MN Cass/Aitkin, MN Date August 29, 2013 Time (Local) 6:28 PM to 6:55PM CDT EF Rating EF-1 Est. Peak Winds 90-100 MPH Path Length 12.8 Max Width Approx. 300 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 Summary: Sporadic tree damage, including some broken birch and evergreen trees, was observed along the entire path of the parent storm, beginning near the northern end of Leech Lake northwest of Federal Dam. The damage appeared to concentrate and become convergent northwest of the intersection of County Road 4 NE and County Road 52 NE to the northwest of Remer, indicating the start of broad and weak tornado track at approximately 6:28 PM. The tornado then produced sporadic but concentrated and convergent damage from that location to the northwestern end of the Remer Municipal Airport, to Minnesota Highway 6 on the southeast corner of Mud Lake, to the northern end of Birch Lake. From there the track became more narrow and the damage more intense and nearly continuous crossing East Boundary Road NE to the northwest of Sailor Lake. From there the tornado continued east-southeast eventually turning more southeasterly south of Holy Water Lake and eventually crossing Minnesota Highway 200 west of the Little Hill River about 5 miles west of Hill City. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing Highway 200 at approximately 6:55 PM. The parent supercell thunderstorm continued to produce sporadic and divergent wind damage southeast of the end of the tornado track for another 7 miles to near Haypoint. Additional information and notes about damage in northeastern Cass and Northwestern Aitkin County: -This is the first recorded tornado in Cass or Aitkin Counties since the June 17, 2010, outbreak. -A house north of Remer was damaged when several trees fell onto it. Otherwise, property damage was limited to small structures and trees. -Sporadic wind damage was observed west-northwest of the tornado track in Cass County. This damage featured a slightly divergent windflow pattern, which suggest non-tornadic "straight line" winds of 50 to 65 MPH were the culprit. Start location: 1.7 miles NNW Remer (LAT 47.079, LON -93.928) End location: 5.0 miles WSW Hill City (LAT 47.982, LON -93.702) Track Map (Figure 3) Track Map Including Wind and Hail Damage (Figure 2) Overall Survey Area (Figure 1)

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

Aerial photo of the tornado path	Annotated aerial view of the tornado path	This home just north of Remer received substantial damage from fallen trees. Fortunately there was very little other damage to structures along the tornado's path.

Skywarn Spotter Bob Conzemius took some great photos of the tornado which can be viewed here.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
945 PM CDT THU AUG 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0606 PM     HAIL             1 N BOY LAKE            47.12N 94.15W 
08/29/2013  M1.00 INCH       CASS               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

0633 PM     TORNADO          2 E REMER               47.06N 93.87W 
08/29/2013                   CASS               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            SPOTTER REPORTS BROAD, WEAK TORNADO. LOCATION ESTIMATED 
            FROM SPOTTERS DESCRIPTION. 

0638 PM     TORNADO          7 NW SWATARA            46.98N 93.77W 
08/29/2013                   AITKIN             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            TORNADO SPOTTED JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200

0643 PM     HAIL             1 SW HAYWARD            46.00N 91.50W 
08/29/2013  M0.50 INCH       SAWYER             WI   TRAINED SPOTTER 

0703 PM     HAIL             2 NW HILL CITY          47.01N 93.63W 
08/29/2013  E1.75 INCH       AITKIN             MN   PUBLIC          

            ON HIGHWAY 169. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME 
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR. 

0707 PM     HAIL             N EARL                  45.91N 91.76W 
08/29/2013  E0.75 INCH       WASHBURN           WI   PUBLIC          

            PENNY TO DIME SIZED HAIL

0710 PM     HAIL             3 N HILL CITY           47.03N 93.60W 
08/29/2013  E1.75 INCH       AITKIN             MN   PUBLIC          

0712 PM     HAIL             3 S HILL CITY           46.94N 93.60W 
08/29/2013  M1.00 INCH       AITKIN             MN   AMATEUR RADIO   

0750 PM     HAIL             2 SE WINTER             45.80N 90.98W 
08/29/2013  M0.25 INCH       SAWYER             WI   TRAINED SPOTTER 

0759 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BIG SANDY LAKE          46.76N 93.29W 
08/29/2013                   AITKIN             MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN

0808 PM     HAIL             2 WSW SHESHEBEE         46.69N 93.28W 
08/29/2013  E0.25 INCH       AITKIN             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S RICE LAKE           46.50N 93.37W 
08/29/2013                   AITKIN             MN   PUBLIC          

            SEVERAL PINE TREES DOWN. DIME SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED.

0910 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RICE LAKE               46.51N 93.37W 
08/29/2013                   AITKIN             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED.

0915 PM     HAIL             8 S PRENTICE            45.43N 90.29W 
08/29/2013  M0.25 INCH       PRICE              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER 


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