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EF0 tornado in Rusk County, Wisconsin

Tornado June 24, 2021 · Rusk County, Wisconsin

EF0

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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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 EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado moved toward the north-northwest and struck a farm toward the end of its path. The roof of a shed was lifted up and pushed, some concrete blocks were knocked over. Siding of a house was ripped off. A few trees were downed. The starting point was based on video. Three videos were available. The damage survey of the farm was provided by a storm chaser.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed over west-central Wisconsin during the afternoon of Thursday, June 24th. These storms developed in an area of strong instability and ample wind shear to cause rotating storms. A tornado formed near Bruce, Wisconsin and caused damage to XX. As the storm moved southeast, and built to the west, large hail fell near Bloomer, Wisconsin and parts of Chippewa and Eau Claire counties before moving off to the southeast. Another brief tornado occurred on the south side of Stanley and was caught on video.

Began near Bruce (45.4455, -91.2143).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Chippewa County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 957094. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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