The scar on the earth from a half-mile-wide tornado that struck northeastern Wisconsin is still visible a decade later.
On June 7, 2007, an EF3 tornado carved a path at least 40 miles long through a densely forested area well northwest of Green Bay. About 14,000 acres of trees were wiped out by the twister, according to the National Weather Service.
The contrast between where the land was stripped of trees and the heavily forested areas that remain either side of its path make the scar still very evident – even 10 years later. A segment of the tornado's path is clearly shown in this aerial image, as pointed out by Jeff Last, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
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A zoomed-out view of satellite imagery gives perspective of the extensive distance the tornado traveled. This NASA image taken June 6, 2017 shows the faint southwest-to-northeast orientation of the tornado path.
The June 7, 2007 tornado scar is a frequently shared image on social media in winter. Snowpack provides a contrast that vividly marks where the tornado was in progress.
A recent long-track tornado in the Badger State is also visible from satellite. The animation below from NASA shows the path of a May 16, 2017 tornado that was on the ground for 83 miles from southeast Polk County to southwest Price County.
That tornado's path length was the longest for the state in modern records. It received a maximum damage rating of EF3 and killed one person.
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