Tornado in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996

Name: Tornado in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996
Start: 1996-08-07T02:19
End: 1996-08-07T02:21
Location: Wisconsin

August 7, 1996 · NWS GRB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

4 mile southwest of Shantytown, tearing a 100 yard path through a cornfield. The storm then moved into Shantytown, tearing the roof and garage off of a home.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $90,000
Crop damage: $10,000
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.

A tornado touched down 0.4 mile southwest of Shantytown, tearing a 100 yard path through a cornfield. The storm then moved into Shantytown, tearing the roof and garage off of a home. Pieces of the roof were found one-quarter mile away from the home.

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Marathon

When: August 7, 2:19 AM CST to 2:21 AM CST
Where: Marathon County, Shantytown
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.4 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $90,000
Crop damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 44.680, -89.420

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1996 Warnings in Wisconsin, August 1996

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5567428.