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EF0 tornado in Dodge County, Wisconsin

Tornado April 13, 2026 · Dodge County, Wisconsin

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$15K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

Brief tornado started south of Beaver Dam and went through a garage near Shaw Hill Rd, west of the Shaw Marsh Wildlife Area. Other wind damage was noted on the southern side of the tornado path, attributed to downburst winds.

The wider storm

A line of strong to severe storms developed over central Wisconsin as warm, moist and unstable air aloft surged into the region. The line of storms then moved southeast across southern Wisconsin. Widespread wind damage occurred across much of south central to southeast Wisconsin, with two tornadoes documented along with the high winds.

Began near South Beaver Dam (43.4134, -88.8432).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Dane County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1326650. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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