EF0 tornado in Dane County, Wisconsin
Tornado July 16, 2025 · Dane County, Wisconsin
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 the National Weather Service wrote
Tornado started along Highway 78 near Racek Road and went through the hills near the Black Hawk Unit before crossing County Highway Y, ending Just across Highway 12. The main area of damage was to the Birchwood Drive neighborhood where about 20 to 40 trees were uprooted or had multiple limbs broken off. Multiple storm chaser videos show the main tornado tracking just along and to the west of this neighborhood. The only structural damage noted that wasn't from falling trees was to one house on Birchwood Drive that had a few shingles pulled up.
The wider storm
Two lines of severe thunderstorms tracked across southern Wisconsin from early afternoon through the early evening hours. Numerous supercell thunderstorms developed, producing a number of wall and funnel clouds as well as a few tornadoes. A secondary line of storms came through which caused sporadic wind damage. The main damage was in Iowa county from the strongest tornado which occurred near and northeast of Dodgeville.
Began near Mazomanie (43.2051, -89.7537).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1267978. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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