June 13, 1930: An F4 tornado moved from NE of Ellsworth, WI, passing near El Paso and ended along the northern part of Menomonie. About a half dozen farms were leveled. Four people were killed in one farm home west of Menomonie. A young girl was killed in another. “At the north edge of Menomonie, a man was unaware of the tornado until he glanced out a window, and saw a car fly by.”