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EF0 tornado in Polk County, Wisconsin

Tornado May 25, 2008 · Polk County, Wisconsin

EF0

Rating

1.2 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$300K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Washington County, Minnesota → St. Croix County → Polk County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down in the northern city limits of Marine on St. Croix of Washington County in Minnesota, crossed through St. Croix County of Wisconsin, then dissipated in Polk County, Wisconsin. A damage survey found scattered trees down in St. Croix County.

The wider storm

A cold front was the catalyst for numerous reports of severe weather on this date.

Began near East Farmington (45.2097, -92.7473).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Dunn County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 109461. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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