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Wisconsin hit the average of 23 tornadoes in May, with 16 occurring on May 21 alone. June is historically the month when most tornadoes occur in the state. More: Wisconsin is already at yearly ...
A widespread, deadly, and historic [5] tornado outbreak affected large portions of the Midwestern, Southern and Eastern United States on March 31 and April 1, 2023, the result of an extratropical cyclone that also produced blizzard conditions in the Upper Midwest.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency for Wisconsin due to the recent severe weather that hit across the state, producing hail, heavy rain, high winds, thunderstorms and tornadoes.
Wisconsin's last EF-5 tornado was on July 18, 1996, in Oakfield in southern Fond du Lac County. Injuring 19 people, the tornado destroyed 45 homes , five businesses and 130 other buildings ...
The next F5 tornado to strike Wisconsin was on June 8, 1984, when an overnight tornado destroyed Barneveld, killing nine people. Tornado researcher Thomas P. Grazulis assigned an F4 rating to the Colfax tornado in his Significant Tornadoes , but subsequently listed the event as an F5 in his supplementary report F5–F6 Tornadoes .
As the system moved eastward, strong wind gusts exceeding 80 mph (130 km/h) were recorded along the line, [28] and a tornado watch was issued in portions of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan as forecasters noticed the risk of embedded mesocyclones and wind gusts up to 90 mph (140 km/h) in the now-bowing system. [29]
Severe weather hit southern Wisconsin Saturday with at least one confirmed tornado spotted near Janesville. Follow along for live coverage of the storm:
The 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak was an unseasonably-strong tornado outbreak which affected the Upper Midwest region of the United States on March 29, 1998. A strong area of low pressure combined with a warm front and favorable upper-level dynamics to produce 16 tornadoes across the region—14 in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin.