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Shullsburg, WI Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes

 
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The chance of earthquake damage in Shullsburg is about the same as Wisconsin average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Shullsburg is about the same as Wisconsin average and is higher than the national average.

Topics:Earthquake IndexVolcano IndexTornado IndexOther Weather Extremes EventsVolcanos NearbyHistorical Earthquake EventsHistorical Tornado Events

Earthquake Index, #102

Shullsburg, WI
0.01
Wisconsin
0.00
U.S.
1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1

Shullsburg, WI
0.0000
Wisconsin
0.0000
U.S.
0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #366

Shullsburg, WI
163.08
Wisconsin
153.98
U.S.
136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 3,288 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Shullsburg, WI were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

TypeCountTypeCountTypeCountTypeCountTypeCount
Avalanche:0Blizzard:9Cold:51Dense Fog:18Drought:21
Dust Storm:0Flood:276Hail:826Heat:23Heavy Snow:60
High Surf:0Hurricane:0Ice Storm:31Landslide:0Strong Wind:37
Thunderstorm Winds:1,508Tropical Storm:0Wildfire:5Winter Storm:127Winter Weather:72
Other:224 

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Shullsburg, WI.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Shullsburg, WI.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Shullsburg, WI.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 61 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Shullsburg, WI.

Distance (miles)DateMagnitudeStart Lat/LogEnd Lat/LogLengthWidthFatalitiesInjuriesProperty DamageCrop DamageAffected County
6.21969-06-29242°36'N / 90°14'W42°39'N / 90°02'W10.40 Miles200 Yards00250K0Lafayette
7.21970-09-09242°30'N / 90°25'W42°32'N / 90°17'W6.60 Miles200 Yards0025K0Lafayette
7.81998-05-15242°33'N / 90°24'W42°48'N / 90°12'W20.00 Miles150 Yards0111.7M140KLafayette
 Brief Description: A supercell thunderstorm, after dropping a couple tornadoes in northeast Iowa, eventually moved northeast into Lafayette county, creating another tornado. This tornado touched down just southwest of Benton and hopped/skipped northeast for 20 miles. It caused moderate to severe damage to 40 different farms and their outbuildings, and homes. Numerous power lines were downed. Eleven people were injured: 2 children near Cuba city, 3 children southwest of Truman, and 6 adults in a vehicle on Highway 81 south of Benton. Several farm fields sustained damage. After the F2 tornado tore through Lafayette county a series of severe thunderstorms pummeled southcentral and southeast Wisconsin with numerous reports of tree limb damage and trees downed, which in turn downed a few power lines. The highest reported wind gust was 65 mph near Reedsburg (Sauk Co.). Other notable damage included roofs and doors ripped off of buildings in Mayville (Dodge Co.) and a deck ripped off a house in Ripon (Fond du Lac Co.) where several cars where also damaged by felled trees.
8.61988-05-08342°35'N / 90°14'W42°43'N / 89°58'W16.00 Miles123 Yards00250K0Lafayette
11.81958-05-31242°43'N / 90°09'W42°44'N / 90°06'W1.30 Miles33 Yards00250K0Lafayette
13.61984-06-07242°44'N / 90°20'W42°48'N / 90°14'W6.00 Miles40 Yards00250K0Lafayette
14.01967-06-11242°24'N / 90°06'W42°26'N / 90°01'W4.30 Miles500 Yards00250K0Jo Daviess
14.31970-09-09242°24'N / 90°30'W42°30'N / 90°25'W7.70 Miles70 Yards000K0Jo Daviess
14.51969-06-04242°50'N / 90°34'W42°42'N / 90°07'W24.40 Miles200 Yards00250K0Grant
15.91966-07-13242°43'N / 90°30'W42°44'N / 90°26'W2.70 Miles200 Yards00250K0Grant
18.11984-06-07242°48'N / 90°14'W42°52'N / 90°09'W5.00 Miles40 Yards00250K0Iowa
18.51970-09-09242°41'N / 90°40'W42°47'N / 90°23'W15.70 Miles200 Yards00250K0Grant
20.31970-09-09342°30'N / 90°40'W42°33'N / 90°35'W4.70 Miles300 Yards000K0Dubuque
20.31963-09-02242°43'N / 89°59'W42°43'N / 89°47'W9.90 Miles100 Yards000K0Lafayette
21.91966-07-09242°30'N / 90°40'W42°30'N / 90°38'W0025K0Dubuque
25.21965-05-15242°55'N / 90°04'W1.00 Mile33 Yards0125K0Iowa
25.21960-11-15242°16'N / 90°30'W1.00 Mile50 Yards003K0Jackson
25.72007-06-01242°12'N / 90°25'W42°15'N / 90°24'W3.00 Miles350 Yards003.3M0KJackson
 Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down about 3.5 miles south of Bellevue, IA. It moved north to county road Z15 and then northeast crossing the Mississippi River just south of Lock and Dam 12 into Jo Daviess County Illinois. Along the path, damage consisted of snapped and uprooted trees, farm out buildings, and roofs. The most significant damage occurred near the junction of county highway Z15 and 407th Avenue. A mobile home was rolled over and destroyed. The residents of the mobile home had taken shelter in the farm house about 100 feet away. The farm house only had damaged gutters. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A line of thunderstorms pivoted northeast into parts of southeast Iowa during the mid-morning hours of June 1st. Much of the area was just breaking out of a blanket of dense fog where visibilities dropped to less than a quarter mile. Dew point temperatures were in the middle 60s to around 70 degrees. The line of storms appeared to become more broken through the late morning hours, while the area from Iowa City to Waterloo appeared to stratify out into a large area of showers. Just before 12:00 pm CDT, rapid intensification of storm cells on the southeast end of the original line occurred as it moved into northern portions of Louisa County. A tornado touched down just south of Grandview, IA and moved northeast through Fruitland, IA and on to the southwest parts of Muscatine, IA. The tornado then lifted and as the storm cell continued to move northeast across Muscatine County. The super-cell re-intensified as it entered the southeast part of Cedar County just before 1 pm producing a brief tornado near Wilton, IA. The storm then moved across northwest parts of Scott County and Clinton County producing damaging wind gusts and large hail. The super-cell continued northeast into Jackson County producing a tornado near Bellevue around 2:30 pm, which moved across the Mississippi River into Jo Daviess County before lifting. The storm produced yet another tornado just south of Scales Mound, IL around 3:15 pm before moving into southwest Wisconsin and dissipating. During the early afternoon hours, additional storms strengthened on the south end of the original line of storms, which went on to produce wind damage and large hail as they moved through northwest Illinois through the late afternoon hours.
25.81985-05-30242°55'N / 90°27'W42°55'N / 90°25'W1.80 Miles500 Yards00250K0Grant
25.91955-04-19242°16'N / 90°41'W42°16'N / 90°22'W15.90 Miles50 Yards003K0Jackson
26.71985-05-30242°55'N / 90°25'W43°00'N / 90°08'W14.20 Miles500 Yards00250K0Iowa
26.91967-04-16342°31'N / 89°56'W42°45'N / 89°29'W27.80 Miles500 Yards002.5M0Lafayette
27.01955-04-18242°50'N / 90°08'W43°02'N / 89°55'W17.30 Miles67 Yards000K0Iowa
27.01991-03-27242°19'N / 90°39'W42°20'N / 90°38'W0.50 Mile100 Yards00250K0Jackson
27.61983-07-03442°58'N / 90°08'W0.50 Mile50 Yards0025K0Iowa
29.41991-03-27242°17'N / 90°42'W42°19'N / 90°39'W1.00 Mile100 Yards01250K0Dubuque
30.51988-05-08242°56'N / 90°35'W42°59'N / 90°28'W7.50 Miles200 Yards00250K0Grant
30.51979-06-09242°36'N / 89°38'W2.50 Miles50 Yards05250K0Green
31.21959-05-19242°48'N / 90°48'W42°50'N / 90°42'W4.90 Miles200 Yards0025K0Grant
31.41969-06-29242°54'N / 89°52'W42°56'N / 89°47'W3.80 Miles100 Yards00250K0Iowa
32.51969-06-26242°58'N / 90°35'W2.00 Miles100 Yards0225K0Grant
33.11969-06-12242°37'N / 89°35'W0.30 Mile50 Yards00250K0Green
34.01965-04-11442°52'N / 90°35'W43°10'N / 90°28'W21.30 Miles200 Yards032.5M0Clinton
34.91955-04-18242°10'N / 89°55'W42°10'N / 89°44'W9.00 Miles77 Yards000K0Carroll
35.21984-06-07542°58'N / 89°59'W43°05'N / 89°50'W10.00 Miles450 Yards9200250K0Iowa
35.61967-01-24342°03'N / 90°02'W42°08'N / 89°56'W7.40 Miles77 Yards012250K0Carroll
36.01967-04-30242°24'N / 90°54'W2.00 Miles400 Yards00250K0Dubuque
37.51965-08-26242°32'N / 90°58'W0.50 Mile100 Yards0025K0Dubuque
37.91957-05-25242°54'N / 90°55'W43°00'N / 90°38'W15.60 Miles400 Yards0025K0Grant
38.21956-04-03243°06'N / 90°15'W43°09'N / 90°18'W3.00 Miles200 Yards00250K0Iowa
38.31965-04-11441°51'N / 90°56'W42°52'N / 90°55'W70.20 Miles200 Yards102.5M0Cedar
38.81969-06-04242°46'N / 91°00'W42°44'N / 90°55'W4.10 Miles200 Yards00250K0Grant
39.61988-05-08242°59'N / 90°51'W43°00'N / 90°41'W10.00 Miles40 Yards00250K0Grant
39.91985-05-30242°55'N / 89°49'W42°57'N / 89°25'W21.00 Miles100 Yards00250K0Dane
40.11954-04-07243°08'N / 90°23'W43°10'N / 90°15'W6.40 Miles400 Yards0425K0Iowa
40.11972-09-28242°17'N / 91°22'W42°25'N / 90°33'W42.60 Miles2200 Yards002.5M0Jones
40.51958-07-29242°20'N / 91°05'W42°17'N / 90°48'W14.50 Miles200 Yards0025K0Dubuque
40.91969-06-29242°24'N / 91°00'W0025K0Dubuque
42.61975-11-09242°03'N / 90°43'W42°04'N / 90°40'W1.30 Miles200 Yards02250K0Jackson
42.71955-04-18242°53'N / 89°35'W42°51'N / 89°24'W9.20 Miles100 Yards00250K0Dane
42.71959-09-26241°57'N / 90°06'W41°59'N / 90°02'W3.30 Miles40 Yards0025K0Carroll
43.31967-01-24241°57'N / 90°20'W00250K0Clinton
44.41970-09-09242°30'N / 91°06'W1.00 Mile100 Yards00250K0Dubuque
45.31985-05-30342°53'N / 91°08'W42°56'N / 90°52'W14.00 Miles1500 Yards022.5M0Grant
45.91974-06-20341°59'N / 90°16'W41°50'N / 90°12'W10.60 Miles200 Yards1202.5M0Clinton
46.41991-03-27242°50'N / 89°24'W42°49'N / 89°22'W4.00 Miles440 Yards000K0Green
47.21990-03-13442°23'N / 91°08'W42°24'N / 91°07'W1.00 Mile200 Yards0025.0M0Dubuque
48.31964-09-03343°12'N / 90°38'W43°18'N / 90°19'W17.10 Miles800 Yards04250K0Richland
49.31967-01-24241°52'N / 90°22'W1.00 Mile200 Yards0025K0Clinton
49.61992-06-17342°53'N / 89°32'W43°01'N / 89°16'W16.00 Miles400 Yards03025.0M0Dane
49.71979-08-17242°16'N / 89°21'W0.50 Mile50 Yards00250K0Winnebago


* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.


 
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