Sunday, July 19, 2015

EF-1 tornado confirmed in southern Wisconsin

The Milwaukee National Weather Service was out Sunday conducting damage surveys from severe storms that moved through southern Wisconsin early Saturday afternoon.

While there were numerous reports of straight-lined wind damage, it was found that a tornado did cause some of the damage reported in east-central Rock and west-central Walworth counties between 2:40pm and 2:50pm.  Meteorologists confirmed than an EF-1 tornado, with winds up to 100 mph, touched down between Janesville and Elkhorn.  The width of the tornado was about 50 yards, with a path length of 5 miles.

Click here for the full report, including damage pictures and radar images, from Saturday afternoon.

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