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EF2 tornado in Iowa County, Wisconsin

Tornado June 29, 2014 · Iowa County, Wisconsin

EF2

Rating

5.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$400K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

A sporadic path of EF-2 tornado damage. Up to six power poles snapped. A large camper-trailer destroyed and tossed 100 yards. A well-built metal building significantly damaged, with debris landing on cars. Other smaller sheds destroyed.

The wider storm

A cluster of supercellular storms caused 3 tornadoes, and downburst wind damage over south central WI during the late evening.

Began near Edmund (42.9705, -90.2243).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Iowa County EF1 Dane County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 531383. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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