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EF1 tornado in Door County, Wisconsin

Tornado May 21, 2024 · Door County, Wisconsin

EF1

Rating

2.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 formed at 10:32 pm CDT on the southern part of Washington Island in northern Door County and continued northeast before dissipating at 10:34 pm CDT in the central part of Washington Island. Total path length is estimated to be 2.28 miles long, with a width of 50 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 90 mph.

The wider storm

A line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the early evening on Tuesday (5/21) and tracked through much of northeast Wisconsin through the rest of the evening. Straight line winds produced wind damage along with 5 tornadoes.

Began near Detroit Harbor (45.3494, -86.9145).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Outagamie County EF1 Marathon County EF1 Marathon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1175011. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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