One Dead, At Least Two Injured After Tornado Hits Western MN

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A press release from the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says the first report of a tornado came in at 5:08 p.m. Wednesday six miles south of Dalton.

The Weather Service says the storm may have produced one or more additional, but brief, tornadoes along its path.

Two people were hospitalized with unspecified injuries and there was one fatality, according to Shannon Terry, spokesperson for Otter Tail County Sheriff. The conditions of those taken to the hospital were unknown.

The Mayor of Ashby, Minnesota, Tom Grover said that at least three homes near his town were "pretty much gone". No injuries were reported.

A National Weather Service survey crew toured the area to determine the strength of the tornadoes. The tornado struck at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday near Dalton.

The EF4 rating was based on the tornado's damage to trees and property, but with so few buildings in the tornado's path to sample the destruction, the peak wind estimate of 170 miles per hour (273 kph) is conservative, said meteorologist Greg Gust of the National Weather Service in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Melanie Metz recorded footage of the tornado from her vehicle. Weak tornadoes were reported in unpopulated areas near Venango and Grant in southwestern Nebraska and Thedford in northwestern Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service in North Platte.

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