According to the Milwaukee National Weather Service, roughly around 4:38pm on Wednesday afternoon, a barn in Whitewater, WI sustained damage and debris was scattered, possibly up to a mile away, from what appears to be a gustnado/landspout feature.
According to witnesses, it lasted for about one to two minutes and started near the intersection of highway 89/12 on the southwest side of Whitewater.
Gustnadoes and landspouts are different from tornadoes in that their circulations don't originate at the cloud level, it is not a storm-scale rotation and doesn't form out of a wall cloud or mesocyclone. Often times the rotation is so small that it is not picked up by radar.
Click here for the complete write up and explanation from the Milwaukee National Weather Service
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