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EF2 tornado in Crawford County, Wisconsin

Tornado June 17, 2026 · Crawford County, Wisconsin

EF2

Rating

32.8 mi

Whole path

320 yd

Path width

$555K

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 320 yards (0.18 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 strong and long-tracked tornado crossed the Mississippi River into Wisconsin near US Lock and Dam No. 9 from Allamakee County, Iowa. Initially, substantial tree damage was noted near highway 35. As the tornado continued eastward, it downed several power poles along highway 27 at EF-2 intensity before continuing southeastward and damaging additional farm outbuildings and trees. The tornado eventually dissipated just northwest of the intersection of highway 60 and Pleasant Mound road near the border between Grant and Crawford counties.

The wider storm

During the late afternoon and early evening hours on June 17th, two long-tracked tornadoes moved across portions of Crawford and Grant Counties. The first of these tornadoes was an EF-2 which moved into Crawford County from northeast Iowa and resulted in several instances of tree and structural damage before dissipating near Boscobel. The second tornado, which was rated EF-1, formed just southeast of Boscobel and moved east-southeast through Grant County resulting in various instances of tree and structural damage before exiting into Iowa County.

Began near Lynxville (43.2180, -91.0980).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Grant County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1355035. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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