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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Marshall, WI

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

1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Marshall, Wisconsin since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 136 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
136

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
12

17 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Marshall

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Marshall, Wisconsin, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1146 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Marshall: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Marshall

By decade

  • 2020s14
  • 2010s18
  • 2000s30(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s10(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s29(4 EF3+)
  • 1970s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s15(4 EF3+)
  • 1950s4(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Marshall, Wisconsin
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 7, 1984F524 mi36 mi9 / 200
Sep 26, 1951F422 mi9 mi1 / 9
Aug 2, 1967F318 mi0.1 mi2 / 5
Aug 18, 2005F317 mi18.6 mi1 / 23
Jun 17, 1992F314 mi16 mi0 / 30
Jun 8, 1984F321 mi29 mi0 / 1
Jun 5, 1980F316 mi10.7 mi0 / 0
Apr 7, 1980F322 mi1.2 mi0 / 4
Jun 4, 1975F36 mi2.3 mi0 / 0
Aug 16, 1963F324 mi9.6 mi0 / 13
Aug 16, 1963F324 mi9.6 mi0 / 13
Aug 16, 1963F324 mi9.6 mi0 / 13

The strongest 12 of 136, 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 Marshall 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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