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EF1 tornado in La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Tornado June 25, 2025 · La Crosse County, Wisconsin

EF1
Rating
6.2 mi
Whole path
130 yd
Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through La Crosse County → La Crosse County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 130 yards (0.07 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 tornado developed near State Highway 33 several miles south of Barre Mills and caused extensive tree damage in the Valleywood Springs area. This tornado then moved northeast causing additional spotty tree damage before dissipating near the intersection of County Highways M and I. Valleywood Springs would be impacted by a second tornado 10 minutes later with each tornado having its own circulation and debris signature on radar.

The wider storm

During the evening hours on June 25th a complex of storms produced three weak tornadoes across west-central Wisconsin that resulted primarily in tree damage. A second round of storms moved through the area on June 26th, producing one EF-0 tornado in Vernon County which caused minor tree damage.

Began near Barre Mills (43.8000, -91.1300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1277245. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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