Tornado History Map

Kewaunee County, Wisconsin tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across Kewaunee County from 1969 to 2016, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Kewaunee County

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched Kewaunee County, Wisconsin between 1969 and 2016. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 22 April 1970. The most recent was on 20 August 2016.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 321per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Kewaunee County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0545%
F1 / EF1436%
F2 / EF2218%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Kewaunee County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1970s.1960s11970s61990s22010s2

The 2010s only run to 2016, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s6
1990s2
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr4May2Jun1Jul2Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May2
Jun1
Jul2
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Kewaunee County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Wisconsin tornado22 April 1970, F2, 2 injuries, 11.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Wisconsin tornado20 August 2016, EF0, 0.7 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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