Funnel Cloud, St. Croix
- When
- July 26, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- St. Croix County, 4 mi N of River Falls
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.034, -92.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000
2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 3
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.
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:03 UTC.
Event by event
2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, St. Croix
- When
- July 26, 12:02 PM CST
- Where
- St. Croix County, 6 mi E of Hudson
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.967, -92.650
Brief touchdown in cornfield. No damage reported.
Funnel Cloud, Eau Claire
- When
- July 26, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, Fall Creek
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.727, -91.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 26 to 27, 2000
- Wildfire in Hawaii, July 26, 2000
- Wildfire in Idaho, July 26 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 26 to 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wisconsin, 2000Warnings in Wisconsin, July 2000
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: 5155483, 5155484, 5155485.