Editing Big Flats, Wisconsin (section)

===Big Flats tornado===
On August 27, 1994, the town of Big Flats was hit by an [[Fujita scale|F3]] tornado. It touched down at 8:41 [[12-hour clock|P.M.]] [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CDT]] and was on the ground for 16 minutes. The tornado's path was {{convert|10.5|mi}} long and {{convert|850|yd}} wide.<ref name="noaa">{{cite web | title=Adams County (WI) Tornadoes 1850-2006 | last=Boyne | first=Jeff | publisher=NOAA's National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office | date=January 22, 2006 | access-date=November 29, 2007 | url=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/tornado/adams.php}}</ref> The tornado killed two people and injured 22. It destroyed 24 homes, caused major damage to 8, and light to moderate damage to 160. It destroyed the Big Flats Fire Department, the Town Hall, and a thrift store. Seventy cows were crushed when a barn roof and an upper floor containing 16,000 bales of hay collapsed. The tornado caused $1 million in damage.<ref name="noaa"/>