The National Weather Service Green Bay office confirmed Aug. 27 that a weak tornado briefly touched down in Door County in Peninsula State Park as part of the violent storms that hammered the county the afternoon of Aug. 9 .

According to data from a statement on the NWS website, the tornado touched down just north of the park's golf course, about a half-mile south of Eagle Tower, at 3:54 p.m. and moved east on the ground for about a quarter of a mile before lifting off a minute later and crossing into the waters of Eagle Harbor off Ephraim as a waterspout.

The weather service classified the tornado as an EF-0, the lowest or weakest classification, with an estimated peak wind speed of 73 mph. Along with being on the ground for a minute and a quarter of a mile, the tornado was 32 yards w

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