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F0 tornado in Calumet County, Wisconsin

Tornado July 18, 1996 · Calumet County, Wisconsin

F0
Rating
7.7 mi
Whole path
50 yd
Path width
1
Death
1
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 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.

The wider storm

The same supercell thunderstorm which earlier produced wind damage in Waupaca county and a waterspout over Lake Winnebago spawned a tornado 1.1 miles south of Jericho. The tornado traveled southeast, damaging a farm, trees and some crops. Calf houses at the farm were thrown 1000 feet. The tornado entered Fond du Lac county 1.6 miles southeast of Jericho (see WFO-MKX Stormdata report), then reentered Calumet county 2.2 miles west-northwest of St. Anna. The storm continued southeast and damaged a barn before lifting 1.8 miles west of St. Anna.

Began near St Anna (43.9200, -88.1700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5559623. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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