What the record says
On 15 July 1980, a tornado touched down near Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 1 mile long and up to 440 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 1 person and injured 10.
- F3Fujita rating
- 1death
- 10injuries
- 1 mipath length
- 440 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 44.83, -91.52. The record has no end point for this tornado, so it is drawn as a dot.
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Wisconsin
- Woodville, Wisconsin tornado4 June 1958, F5, 21 deaths, 74 injuries, 33.7 miles long
- Ridgeway, Wisconsin tornado7 June 1984, F5, 9 deaths, 200 injuries, 36 miles long
- Berlin, Wisconsin tornado3 April 1956, F4, 7 deaths, 50 injuries, 11.5 miles long
- Almond, Wisconsin tornado26 September 1951, F4, 6 deaths, 3 injuries, 26.4 miles long
- Fall Creek, Wisconsin tornado4 June 1958, F4, 4 deaths, 3 injuries, 59.2 miles long
- River Falls, Wisconsin tornado10 May 1953, F2, 4 deaths, 27 injuries, 105.7 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1980
- Kalamazoo, Michigan tornado13 May 1980, F3, 5 deaths, 79 injuries, 10.6 miles long
- Grand Island, Nebraska tornado3 June 1980, F4, 3 deaths, 110 injuries, 1.1 miles long
- Rushville, Indiana tornado9 July 1980, F4, 2 deaths, 25 injuries, 11 miles long
- Round Rock, Texas tornado7 April 1980, F3, 1 death, 5 injuries, 31.7 miles long
- Crawfordsville, Indiana tornado2 June 1980, F3, 1 death, 16 injuries, 18.1 miles long
All tornadoes of 1980 · Wisconsin tornado history · All notable tornadoes