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There was significant wind damage from a downburst that expanded in width as it traveled northeast. By the time it stopped producing damage, it was 8 wide on either side of Nerstrand. The damage began east-southeast of Morristown (near the Rice, Waseca, and Steele County line), moved across the south side of Faribault, and northeast to near the Nerstrand Big Woods State Park and then Nerstrand. The damage path became more isolated as it exited eastern Rice county.||Numerous trees, power lines, roofs, and pole barns were damaged along this path. In addition, nine semi trucks were blown over on I-35 south of Faribault due to straight-line winds. Just over $1 Million dollars in damages were to public infrastructure, with remaining damages to houses, farms, and vehicles.
A NWS storm survey, plus areal footage of drone, fixed wing aircraft, and satellite data, concluded that an EF2 tornado tracked nearly 5 miles from southwest of Morristown, north-northeast to just west and north of Cannon Lake before lifting. ||Tornado damage was consistent with EF2 damage with winds up to 130 mph, and a maximum path width of 300 yards. The worst damage occurred on the southeast side of Morristown. ||On the southeast side of Morristown, several family homes had large sections of roof structure removed, and a few had all their exterior walls collapsed. Only small interior rooms were intact. The remainder of the tornadic track was consistent with uprooted trees, power lines, corn and soy bean field damage, and outbuildings.
Several reports of downed trees, power lines and power outages occurred from Morristown, northeast toward the city of Faribault. Some of the spotters measured wind gusts of 59 and 62 mph.
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Morristown, Minnesota
| City | Morristown |
| County | Rice |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| Country | United States |
| Zip Codes | 55052 |
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