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EF1 tornado in Iowa County, Wisconsin

Tornado June 17, 2026 · Iowa County, Wisconsin

EF1
Rating
20.8 mi
Whole path
150 yd
Path width
$536K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 out of the same storm that produced a long track tornado west of Boscobel. This tornado developed about 4 miles southeast of Boscobel, continuing east-southeast through Grant County and into northwest Iowa County before dissipating about 6 miles east of Highland. Damage was up to EF-1 magnitude along it's path, consisting of significant tree damage and some heavily damaged farm outbuildings. The tornado intensified slightly as it crossed into Iowa County and impacted the Highland area, with strong rear flank downdraft winds noted along its southern periphery. No injuries were reported.

The wider storm

A cluster of thunderstorms developed within the vicinity of a strong mid-upper level shortwave trough and a surface low. One supercell tracked from southeast Minnesota through northeast Iowa and into southwest Wisconsin while maintaining is strength during the late afternoon. The storm evolved into a line as it trtacked through south central Wisconsin during the early evening and produced a swath of damaging winds and three tornadoes.

Began near Highland (43.0690, -90.4290).

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 1353787. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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