Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- July 18, 4:20 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Tomahawk to 2 mi SSE of Tomahawk
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $90,000
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -89.750
Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
A tornado touched down and uprooted two trees at Bradley Park, then moved southeast across Lake Mohawkskin, flipping two boats over. It moved back on land and tore part of a roof off of a tavern and a roof off of a house.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $90,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 and uprooted two trees at Bradley Park, then moved southeast across Lake Mohawkskin, flipping two boats over. It moved back on land and tore part of a roof off of a tavern and a roof off of a house. A garage was removed from its foundation, leaving a lawn mower untouched. The tornado moved into the Road Lake area, where it produced its most significant damage. Three cottages were damaged after trees fell on them. Several eyewitnesses saw the tornado on Road Lake shortly before it dissipated.
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 18 to 19, 1996
More
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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: 5559610.