F0 tornado in Polk County, Wisconsin

Tornado June 11, 2005 · Polk County, Wisconsin

Rating

2.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down in the southern portion of Clear Lake. Scattered trees were downed along South Avenue and 3rd Avenue. Just south of the tornado track a strong rear flank downdraft caused significant damage to a garage and nearby trees.

Began near Clear Lake (45.2500, -92.2667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Barron County F1 St. Croix County F0 St. Croix County F0 Pierce County F0 St. Croix County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5462209. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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