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EF1 tornado in Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Tornado April 28, 2025 · Buffalo County, Wisconsin

EF1

Rating

2.2 mi

Path length

500 yd

Path width

$35K

Damage as recorded

$15K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 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

This EF-1 tornado formed northeast of Mondovi and tracked northeast causing some damage to trees and a one-story home before moving into Eau Claire County.

The wider storm

Two rounds of severe storms moved through portions of west-central Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening hours. The first round resulted in an isolated storm in Clark County that produced hail up to half dollar sized. A second round progressed through the area which produced a brief tornado northeast of Mondovi, Wisconsin and an isolated wind gust to 60 mph in Clark County.

Began near Mondovi (44.5800, -91.6400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1256223. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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