Wisconsin, 1996

Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996

July 18, 1996 · NWS MKX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong tornado (F2) struck Marytown, resulting in 1 fatility (81 year old male) and 1 injury. 0 NW of Marytown.

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Property damage
$450,000
Crop damage
$300,000
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 MKX wrote it up.

A strong tornado (F2) struck Marytown, resulting in 1 fatility (81 year old male) and 1 injury. This tornado actually touched down in Calumet county about 1.1 miles SE of Jericho (see WFO GRB Stormdata report), and then headed southeast into into Fond du Lac county at a point 2.0 NW of Marytown. It destroyed or damaged at least a couple dozen barns, sheds, and homes on a southeastward path. Many large trees were uprooted. The north side of Marytown was hit the hardest, where a house trailer, 3 homes, and a machine shed were destroyed. The tornado exited Fond du Lac county at a point 2.5 miles SE of Marytown and re-entered Calumet county where it quickly dissapated. The path length in Fond du Lac county was 4.4 miles.

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:07 UTC.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Fond du Lac

When
July 18, 6:07 PM CST to 6:15 PM CST
Where
Fond du Lac County, Marytown to 2 mi SE of Marytown
Rating
F2
Path length
4.4 mi
Path width
200 yd
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$450,000
Crop damage
$300,000
Coordinates
43.930, -88.230

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Tornado, Fond du Lac1996-07-2881MalePermanent HomeDirect

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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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: 5558502.