Buffalo County, WI Tornadoes

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Tornadoes in northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest & central Wisconsin
Background Information	Statistics (1850-Present)	Records (1850-Present)

Buffalo County (WI) Tornadoes*
1850-2020

Date			Time	Location	Other Counties Affected	Length (miles)	Width (yards)	Deaths**	Injuries**	EF-Scale
Month	Day	Year	Time	Location	Other Counties Affected	Length (miles)	Width (yards)	Deaths**	Injuries**	EF-Scale
7	5	2016	0813-0814 CST	Garden Valley 2.1W to Garden Valley 1.7W	None	0.45	100	0	0	EF1
			An EF-1 tornado passed through rural Buffalo County north of Waumandee. The tornado was on the ground for about a half mile and removed the second floor of a hunting structure. Significant crop damage also occurred. This tornado caused $240,000 in property damage. More on this tornado can be found at: https://www.weather.gov/arx/jul0516
7	5	2016	0810-0811 CST	Cream 1.6NW to Cream 1.7W	None	0.74	100	0	0	EF1
			EF-1 tornado passed through rural Buffalo County north of Cream. The tornado was on the ground for about three-quarters of a mile and damaged a house and some outbuildings, including a large machine shed. This tornado caused $200,000 in property damage. More on this tornado can be found at: https://www.weather.gov/arx/jul0516
6	17	2010	2057-2101 CST	Cream 1W to Cream 1.3E	None	2	50	0	0	EF1
			A brief tornado in the vicinity of Cream created mainly tree damage with some minor damage to a few buildings. Some of the trees damaged included 30 inch diameter trees snapped off or blown down. (Property Damage: $210,000)
6	11	2001	1711-1715 CST	Urne 1E to Urne 2ESE	None	2	50	0	0	F0
			A brief tornado touched down near Urne, but only some crop damage was reported.
7	8	1999	1720-1740 CST	Mondovi 8SW to Mondovi 2NE	None	10	120	0	3	F1
			A tornado sheared off trees and caused minor damage to homes and barns before hitting the town of Mondovi. Two homes in Mondovi had roofs removed or garages damaged.
5	15	1998	1650-1654 CST	Mondovi 7W to Mondovi 6NW	None	3	50	0	0	F0
3	29	1998	1715-1720 CST	Maxville 1S to Maxville 5E	None	4	50	0	0	F0
			A tornado touched down briefly, but no damage was reported. This tornado was part of the family of tornadoes that ravaged Comfrey and St.Peter, Minnesota earlier in the day.
10	8	1992	1615 CST	Mondovi 1N	None	0.5	50	0	0	F0
			This weak tornado damaged a pole shed, silo, and several trees.
9	9	1990	1900-1904 CST	Nelson to Arcadia 3SSE	Trempealeau	30	30	0	1	F1
			A tornado touched down in Nelson where a bulk of the damage and lone injury occurred. An estimated $1,000,000 in damage occurred in the Nelson area as 95% of the town was affected. Thirty homes and 31 mobile homes were destroyed, 24 homes and businesses received major damage. The tornado skipped along a 30-mile-path causing barn damage near Waumandee. It produced $600,000 damage to sheds and agriculture buildings in Trempealeau County, along with extensive crop damage. The only injury occurred in Buffalo County.
6	17	1984	1630 CST	Alma	None	1	25	0	0	F0
			Several witnesses described the tail of a small tornado dipping down to a marina, lifting large metal docks and tossing them around, ramming a covered dock into the bank, and pushing a 40 foot ramp to the top of the roadway.
5	17	1982	1715 CST	Alma 3SE to Praag 2SW	None	9	200	0	3	F2
			A tornado moving from the south-southwest crossed the Mississippi River and climbed the bluff between Alma and Buffalo, then continued north-northeast across County Road N through Herold. The tornado lifted at Herold, set down again briefly 2 miles to the northeast at the intersection of County Roads N and T, then disappeared. Eleven large barns were demolished along the tornado's path, and 12 houses sustained some damage. One house trailer was also overturned. Three minor injuries due to flying glass and debris resulted.
5	17	1982	1632-1715 CST	Chatfield (MN) to Buffalo City	Olmsted (MN) Wabasha (MN) Winona (MN)	29	800	0	3	F2
			This tornado originally touched down near Chatfield (Olmsted Co.) and moved northeast through sections of Winona and Wabasha Counties in southeast Minnesota before crossing into western Wisconsin. Eleven barns were destroyed, 12 homes were damaged, and three people were injured from flying glass. All 3 people injured were in Buffalo County.
7	5	1978	1700 CST	Arcadia 6NW	Trempealeau	11.1	100	0	2	F1
6	20	1964	2010 CST	Mondovi	None	1	?	0	0	F1
			Touched the ground briefly
5	23	1964	1930 CST	Gilmantown 5SW	None	2	100	0	0	F1
			It touched down initially 5 miles southwest of Gilmantown and then moved northeast for 2 miles. During this time, it touched down several times.
6	28	1960	1545-1600 CST	Mondovi 3ESE to Strum 6ESE	Trempealeau	16	70	0	0	F2
			A barn was destroyed. This tornado crossed into Trempealeau County before lifting.
5	5	1959	1900 CST	Mondovi	None	7.2	1000	0	0	F0
5	10	1953	1830 CST	Fountain City 2NE to Colburn	Trempealeau Eau Claire Chippewa	65	200	0	10	F4
			Moved northeast from northeast of Fountain City to Colburn (Chippewa Co.). This tornado or tornado family struck about a hundred farms. Eight farms were hit in Glencoe Township, northeast of Fountain City. Total damage from this tornado was $1,000,000.
10	3	1903	1350 CST	Chatfield 3W (MN) to Independence (WI)	Olmsted (MN) Trempealeau Winona	55	300	9	45	F4
			This tornado moved northeast from west of Chatfield (Olmsted County), passing through and devastating St.Charles (Winona County). Seven people were killed and 30 injured as 50 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Homes were also swept away in Wisconsin, where two people died in Independence (Trempealeau Co.) and half of the town was torn apart. Damage for both states totaled $400,000.
6	17	1899	1700 CST	2NW Lewiston (MN) to Waumandee Valley in Wisconsin	Winona (MN)	15	100	0	5	F3
			Moved north northeast from 2 miles northwest of Lewiston, crossing the Mississippi River 6 miles northwest of Winona, and cutting a path through the Waumandee Valley in Wisconsin. There was little damage in Minnesota, but homes and barns were swept away in Wisconsin, and all injuries occurred there. Over 50 hogs were killed on Wisconsin farm.
8	22	1884	1630 CST	?	None	?	75	?	?	?
9	20	1881	?	Mondovi	None	3	?	12	?	?
* The data in this table came from *Storm Data,* *Significant Tornadoes--1680-1991* by Thomas P. Grazulis, and *Wisconsin Tornado Database 1950-2000* Geographic Techniques Report No. ST-WTDB01. ** Injuries and Deaths are for the entire tornado track.

Last Updated Sunday, April 26, 2020 - Jeff Boyne

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