EF0 Tornado — Waupaca, Wisconsin

2025-07-23 · near Northland, Waupaca, Wisconsin

5.7 mi

Path length

45 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A tornado briefly touched down north of Northland at 5:04 PM CDT, moving east-northeast before turning east-southeast and then dissipating at 5:13 PM CDT. The tornado snapped and uprooted a few trees and produced minor damage to a house. Based on satellite analysis, there may have been a few brief moments where the tornado lifted off the ground before dissipating west of Big Falls. Total path length is estimated to be 5.69 miles long, with a width of 45 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 75 mph.

Wider weather episode

A line of thunderstorms and a few supercells developed ahead of a warm front Wednesday (7/23) afternoon across central and north-central Wisconsin. The storms eventually developed into a Quasi-Linear Convective System and tracked through the rest of central, east-central, and northeast Wisconsin through the early evening. The strongest storms produced damaging winds and 5 tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1270488. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.