Wisconsin tornado stripped bark from trees
EF-3 tornado packed 150 mph winds
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Th tornado that tore through Elk Mound and Wheaton, Wis.,Tuesday night caused severe damage to homes and buildings. But it also flattened a stand of mature pine trees. And the wicked winds inside the funnel stripped the bark from trees.
The Twin Cities National Weather Service storm report shows the tornado was on the ground for 5.5 miles and was a third of a mile wide.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED TORNADO DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 814 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 2019
...NWS Damage Survey For 09/24/2019 Tornado Event UPDATE 1... .
Elk Mound/Wheaton, WI Tornado...
Rating: EF3
Estimated Peak Wind: 150 mph
Path Length /statute/: 5.5 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 1/3 mile
Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 2
Start Date: Sep 24 2019 Start Time: 748 PM CDT Start Location: 1 ENE Elk Mound, WI Start Lat/Lon: 44.8808 / -91.6657 End Date: Sep 24 2019 End Time: 758 PM CDT End Location: 7 ENE Elk Mound, WI End Lat/Lon: 44.9105 / -91.5641
Most significant damage occurred in Wheaton, WI just east of Elk Mound around the intersection of county road M and Wisconsin State Road 29. This area saw entire stands of Pine trees leveled, some stripping of bark from trees, and the destruction of several structures. The destruction of a metal building and significant damage to two nearby homes were consistent with expected damage from winds of EF3 in strength.
EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories. EF0...Weak......65 TO 85 mph EF1...Weak......86 TO 110 mph EF2...Strong....111 TO 135 mph EF3...Strong....136 TO 165 mph EF4...Violent...166 TO 200mph EF5...Violent...>200mph
Freeze next week on schedule
The Twin Cities will probably escape a freeze next week. But freezing temps up north look likely. That’s about on schedule for early October.
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