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EF0 tornado in Brown County, Wisconsin

Tornado August 11, 2021 · Brown County, Wisconsin

EF0

Rating

2.3 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 touched down at 2:14 pm CDT just northwest of Pulaski, moved east across the north side of the city, then dissipated about 1 mile east of Pulaski at 2:22 pm CDT. The tornado produced damage to trees (DI 28, DOD 2,4). Total path length is estimated to be 2.27 miles long, with a width of 75 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 70 mph.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the afternoon across northeast Wisconsin. The strongest storms produced wind damage, large hail and 2 tornadoes. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches fell across central and southern Marathon County, producing flash flooding across these areas.

Began near Pulaski (44.6749, -88.2450).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Shawano County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 966120. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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