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Tornado Archive
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to January 31, 2024, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. For more recent tornadoes, clicking deeper provides more details, damage estimates and whether someone was injured or killed in the storm.
Summary
| Date/Time | F Scale | Length (in miles) | Width (in feet) | Injury* | Fataliy** | Property Damage | Crops Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul. 19, 2019 15:55 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| The intense bow echo entered Polk County in the far northwest corner. It moved southeast and caused significant damage to trees and power lines along its path. A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 73 knots in Cushing. This individual also measured sustained winds of nearly 70 mph for 5 minutes. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 16:14 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| The bow echo continued southeast across Polk County where thousands of large trees were broken, uprooted or blown down. Many trees landed on houses, sheds, outbuildings, and vehicles. Many outbuildings were destroyed by wind, along with roofs off barns and sheds. The swath of wind damage was nearly ten miles wide, and some areas had entire sections of forest leveled. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 16:22 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Thousands of large trees were broken, uprooted or blown down. Some were two feet in diameter. Many trees landed on houses, sheds, outbuildings, and vehicles. Many outbuildings were destroyed by wind, along with roofs off barns and sheds. The swath of wind damage was nearly ten miles wide, and some areas had entire sections of forest leveled. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 16:28 PM CDT | EF0 | 0.89 | 75 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Dozens of trees knocked down, including some on houses, sheds and vehicles. A roof was partially off a machine shed. An aerial photo shows the latter portion of the path was through a corn field. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 16:28 PM CDT | EF1 | 9.8 | 600 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| This tornado started in Polk County and dissipated in Barron County. A damage survey and aerial photos showed many hundreds of trees down from the tornado, which was surrounded by a massive area of severe downburst winds that downed thousands of trees. The tornado itself knocked down sheds, took roofs off barns and outbuildings, and snapped or knocked down trees, some of which landed on houses and vehicles. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 16:35 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| A NWS Storm Survey indicated that straight-line winds, up to 80 mph, occurred in a small part of far northeast Rusk County. Based on the survey, the damage path that occurred in Sawyer County, continued along the path into far northeast Rusk County. There were reports of numerous large trees blown down across this area. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 16:42 PM CDT | EF1 | 4.1 | 600 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| This tornado started in Polk County and ended in Barron County. It knocked down hundreds of trees in Barron County, some of which fell on houses, garages, outbuildings and vehicles. The tornado was surrounded by a massive area of severe downburst winds that downed thousands of trees. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 16:45 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| There were thousands of trees broken, blown down or uprooted in a swath that was about eight miles wide, with the north/south extent from northwest of Comstock to Turtle Lake. The swath extended to the east-southeast to the southwest side of the city of Barron. Many trees landed on sheds, vehicles and outbuildings. Many outbuildings were destroyed by wind, along with roofs off barns and sheds. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 17:00 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| This is the continuation of the damage path of 70-80 mph straight-line winds or microbursts. The path was about ten miles wide. Several thousand trees were blown down, some on power lines, houses, vehicles, sheds and outbuildings, causing considerable damage in the eastern part of Barron County. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 17:05 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| This is the continuation of the blow down, straight-line wind event that moved across parts of northern Dunn County, between Ridgeland, and Sand Creek. There were numerous reports of blown down trees and power lines. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 17:20 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| This is the continuation of the blow down, straight-line wind event that moved across parts Chippewa County from New Auburn, to east of Bloomer. Numerous large trees were uprooted or blown down along this path. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 17:25 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Hundreds of trees were downed in a swath that was several miles wide across Rusk Township in the southwest corner of Rusk County. Some power lines were also downed, but no property damage was reported. | |||||||
| Jul. 19, 2019 17:35 PM CDT | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| The local emergency manager, and several other county officials indicated that the path of blown down trees continued across portions of northern, and central Chippewa County between Bloomer, and Otter Lake in the east. | |||||||
* Direct Injury (Indirect Injury)
* Direct Fatality (Indirect Fatality)
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F Scale***
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*** Enhanced Fujita Scale describes the strength of the tornado based on the amount and type of damage caused by the tornado. The F-scale of damage will vary in the destruction area; therefore, the highest value of the F-scale is recorded for each event. EF0 – Light Damage (40 – 72 mph), EF1 – Moderate Damage (73 – 112 mph), EF2 – Significant damage (113 – 157 mph), EF3 – Severe Damage (158 – 206 mph), EF4 – Devastating Damage (207 – 260 mph), EF5 – Incredible Damage (261 – 318 mph)
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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