EF1 tornado in Dodge County, Wisconsin
Tornado August 28, 2018 · Dodge County, Wisconsin
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Fond Du Lac County → Fond Du Lac County → Fond Du Lac County → Dodge County → Fond Du Lac County → Dodge County → Fond Du Lac County → Fond Du Lac County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Tornado was 1 of 19 tornadoes that occurred across central to east central Wisconsin on the afternoon of August 28th. This tornado went through the southern side of the Village of Brownsville and ended at the Quadgraphics facility near Hwy 175. Widespread straight line winds caused significant tree and crop damage across the county as well.
The wider storm
A line of severe thunderstorms produced widespread wind damage and 18 brief tornadoes across mainly Marquette, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, northern Dodge, and Sheboygan Counties. Flash flooding and river flooding also occurred in several of these areas, especially the Baraboo River in northern Sauk County. The Baraboo River reached major to record flood stage late August into September after 10 to 12 inches of rain over the Baraboo River basin the last two weeks of August.
Began near Nasbro (43.6129, -88.4999).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 782584. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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