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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Kewaunee, WI

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Kewaunee, Wisconsin since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 38 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
38

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Kewaunee

By decade

  • 2010s6
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s3
  • 1970s13
  • 1960s3
  • 1950s4
Strongest tornadoes near Kewaunee, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 5, 1994F415 mi3.5 mi0 / 2
Jul 5, 1994F217 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 8, 1985F224 mi5 mi0 / 0
Apr 22, 1970F224 mi3.6 mi0 / 2
Apr 22, 1970F211 mi9.5 mi0 / 1
Apr 22, 1970F29 mi11.2 mi0 / 2
Apr 22, 1970F222 mi7.2 mi0 / 1
May 10, 1959F221 mi4.3 mi0 / 3
Jul 1, 1956F221 mi10.6 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 2013EF17 mi5.57 mi0 / 0
Aug 6, 2013EF114 mi33.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 18, 2005F125 mi1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 38, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Kewaunee while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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