Full report on tornado that touched down on the North & South Dakota border

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KWAT)–The National Weather Service office in Grand Forks has issued a summary on a tornado that dropped down near Dakota Magic Casino on the South Dakota-North Dakota border last Thursday.

The rope tornado was an EF-1 on the Fujita Scale. It was on the ground for a mile-and-a-half and reached a maximum width of 30 yards on the ground.

The weather service says it was a slow-moving tornado that started in a field and tracked east-northeast into a grove of trees, snapping some off at the trunk, and then scouring through a corn field.

The peak winds were estimated to be around 100 miles an hour.

There were no injuries and no damage to any buildings.