Tornado, Calumet
- When
- June 11, 4:08 PM CST to 4:09 PM CST
- Where
- Calumet County, 5 mi NW of Chilton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -88.230
Tornado in Wisconsin, June 11, 1996
A weak tornado briefly touched down 5 miles northwest of Chilton (Calumet county), near the intersection of County Trunk BB and Killsnake Road. This tornado apparently developed along a lake breeze front that moved inland off the east side of Lake Winnebago.
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
- None recorded
- 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 weak tornado briefly touched down 5 miles northwest of Chilton (Calumet county), near the intersection of County Trunk BB and Killsnake Road. The tornado threw a pile of lumber 30 feet into the air, tore shingles off of a shed and broke a window.This tornado apparently developed along a lake breeze front that moved inland off the east side of Lake Winnebago.
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:09 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 11, 1996
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, June 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1996Warnings in Wisconsin, June 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: 5552874.