The National Weather Service offices in the Quad Cities and La Crosse, Wisconsin surveyed damage from Saturday’s storms and confirmed 4 tornadoes in the TV9 viewing area. The first tornado happened in Fayette County, near Oelwein and was rated an EF-1, with estimated wind speeds of around 107 mph. Meteorologists that surveyed the damage said…
Farms, homes damaged after EF-1 tornado near Potosi
GRANT COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) — The National Weather Service says storms formed near a warm front on Saturday, producing brief tornadoes which caused damage north of Potosi, Wisconsin and Oelwein, Iowa. Preliminary reports from the NWS show an EF-1 tornado with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and a path length of 6.9 miles. Officials…
NWS: EF-0 tornado confirmed in Grant County
GRANT COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) — The National Weather Service says the preliminary information shows it was an EF-0 tornado, with a path 1 1/2 miles long along Gold Road. The storm that hit the Grant County area near Fennimore destroyed two buildings and left a field scattered with debris on Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday, Grant…