EF0 tornado in Price County, Wisconsin

A supercell thunderstorm tracked across northwest Wisconsin during the late afternoon and early evening of 5/16/2017. The storm produced a strong, 83-mile-long track tornado which affected 4 Wisconsin counties (Polk, Barron, Rusk, and Price). The tornado developed at 4:42 pm over southeastern Polk County, east of Clear Lake, then moved east-northeastward across southern Barron County, and then east across southern Rusk counties into southwest Price County. The tornado tore across the Prairie Lake Estate 50-unit mobile home park halfway between Chetek and Cameron in Barron County. Dozens of mobile homes were destroyed and damaged from high-end EF-2 wind speeds. About a couple dozen people were injured, one seriously, and one adult man lost his life. The most intense damage was north of the Village of Conrath in Rusk County. A family home was completely destroyed down to the foundation, which resulted in an EF rating of 3 (140 mph). The remainder of the tornado's path ranged from EF0 to EF1 with mainly tree damage and occasional structural damage. The damage in Price County, along the last miles of its track, was EF0. The tornado dissipated at 7:10 pm. The tornado lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes.

As of June 2017, this was Wisconsin's longest tracked tornado on record since modern National Weather Service tornado records were established in 1950.

Thunderstorms developed across northwest Wisconsin during the late afternoon and evening of Tuesday May 16th. The storms dropped hail up to the size of golf balls. A very strong supercell thunderstorm, which tracked across northern Wisconsin (mainly south of NWS Duluth's forecast area) and developed a EF-3 tornado which hit Chetek, WI, tracked across southern Price County. A funnel cloud was reported with the storm when it moved across southern Price County.