Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, July 3, 1983

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length3 mi

Width57 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (46.38, -91.52) to the end point (46.40, -91.45), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: July 3, 1983, 2:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Wisconsin
Counties: Bayfield County
Path: 3 miles long, up to 57 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on July 3, 1983

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Jul 3, 1983	F4	Minnesota	1 mi	67 yd	4
Jul 3, 1983	F4	Wisconsin	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F3	Wisconsin	1 mi	50 yd	8
Jul 3, 1983	F2	Wisconsin	8 mi	880 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F2	Wisconsin	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F2	Wisconsin	12 mi	57 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F1	Wisconsin	0.5 mi	17 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F1	Iowa	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F1	South Carolina	0.5 mi	30 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F1	Wisconsin	6 mi	50 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F1	Wisconsin	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F1	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F1	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F1	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	20 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
Jul 3, 1983	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.