Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, June 16, 1979
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length17.6 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (44.58, -91.47) to the end point (44.68, -91.12), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- June 16, 1979, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Wisconsin
- Counties
- Trempealeau County, Eau Claire County
- Near the path
- Augusta, Eleva (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 17.6 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on June 16, 1979
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1979 | F2 | Wisconsin | 15.2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 1979 | F2 | Colorado | 3 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 1979 | F1 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 1979 | F1 | Minnesota | 0.3 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 1979 | F1 | Wisconsin | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 1979 | F1 | Wisconsin | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 1979 | F1 | Kansas | 4.9 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 1979 | F0 | Minnesota | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 1979 | F0 | Wyoming | 0.1 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.