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EF1 tornado in Marquette County, Wisconsin

Tornado May 21, 2024 · Marquette County, Wisconsin

EF1

Rating

5.3 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

$60K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 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

Intermittent damage path with numerous branches downed along with 30 to 40 trees snapped, topped or uprooted.

The wider storm

Lines and clusters of severe thunderstorms moved across southern WI from the late morning through the late evening as the passage of a warm front was quickly followed by a cold front. Straight-line winds accounted for fairly widespread tree limb damage especially over south central WI. Several reports of large hail were received while street flooding was reported in Madison. A couple brief EF1 tornadoes also occurred.

Began near Budsin (43.8837, -89.3113).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Dane County EF0 Marquette County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1179282. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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