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EF0 tornado in Rock County, Wisconsin

Tornado July 15, 2024 · Rock County, Wisconsin

EF0

Rating

1.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$1K

Crop damage

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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

Damage reports from two local storm chasers showed a tornadic path southwest of Evansville. Video from a resident on the SW side of Evansville showed the tornado moving through mainly farmland, which was confirmed via satellite and ground surveys. Main damage was to a wheat field and a tree line.

The wider storm

A complex of thunderstorms along a cold front moved across southern Wisconsin causing locally damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding. A tornado occurred near Evansville.

Began near Evansville (42.7530, -89.3450).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1190393. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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