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F0 tornado in Calumet County, Wisconsin

Tornado July 18, 1996 · Calumet County, Wisconsin

Rating

7.7 mi

Whole path

25 yd

Path width

Death

Injury

$450K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Calumet County → Fond Du Lac County → Fond Du Lac County → Calumet County → Calumet County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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.

The wider storm

a weak tornado briefly touched down 5.9 miles south of Chilton. The tornado moved over a squad car, violently shaking it about, and flattened portions of two nearby wheat fields.

Began near Chilton (43.9500, -88.1700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5559620. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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