EF0 Tornado — Dodge, Wisconsin

2025-07-16 · near Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Brief tornado that occurred in a corn field north of Beaver Dam west of Buckhorn Road. Reports from emergency management and storm chasers in the area was that the tornado lasted about 20 seconds. Satellite imagery confirmed the tornado path cutting across two corn fields while hitting one tree.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1267982. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.