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EF1 tornado in Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Tornado May 21, 2024 · Buffalo County, Wisconsin

EF1

Rating

6.6 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$206K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Buffalo County → Buffalo County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 brief tornado developed just south of Cochrane and tracked over the golf course on the east side of town. Multiple farmsteads were hit with damage to outbuildings and trees.

The wider storm

On May 21st, a line of severe storms moved through the region during the late afternoon and evening hours bringing widespread wind damage and several tornadoes across western Wisconsin. Additionally, a few storms produced large hail across portions of southwestern Wisconsin.

Began near Cochrane (44.2113, -91.8398).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Buffalo County EF1 Trempealeau County EF1 Jackson County EF1 Clark County EF1 Clark County EF1 Clark County EF1 Clark County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1177624. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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