National Weather Service: FIVE tornadoes in southern WI as storms push through early Tuesday
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Powerful storms rolled across southern Wisconsin during the late evening and early morning hours of June 16th - 17th. The National Weather Service has confirmed five tornadoes in southern Wisconsin.
The National Weather Service says around 11:00 p.m., it started to see the northern end of a line of storms develop a pronounced but broad rotation over northern Lafayette and southern Iowa counties.
It then continued into far northeast Green County and eventually -- Dane County.
The National Weather Service says the first tornado touched down around 11:41 p.m. in Green County -- near New Glarus.
This tornado was an EF-1, with estimated peak wind speeds around 95 mph.
The National Weather Service says farmsteads along Hay Hollow Road sustained damage and there were numerous trees down.
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The second tornado touched down around 12:10 a.m. in Dane County in Verona, southwest of Madison.
That tornado was an EF3 -- with esimated peak wind speeds around 140 mph.
The National Weather Service says numerous structures sustained minor to severe damage -- including an elementary school.
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The third tornado touched down around 12:20 a.m. in Dane County in the city of Madison.
That tornado was an EF-2 -- with estimated peak wind speed around 120 mph.
The National Weather Service says trees and power lines were down, and there was some structural damage on Friar Lane -- stretching to Schroeder Road in the Sherwood Forest Park area.
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The National Weather Service has confirmed two tornadoes in Platteville.
One affected the UW-Platteville campus.
The National Weather Service says this tornado was a "low-end" EF2 tornado with a 120 mph max wind speed.
The track was about two miles west of Platteville, running through the UW-Platteville campus, to two miles southeast of Platteville ending right before U.S. Highway 151.
Another affected the Platteville Golf and Country Club.
The National Weather Service says this tornado was a "high-end" EF1 tornado with a 105 mph max wind speed.
The track was about 1/2 mile long with a 50 yard width. Damage includes some trees knocked down and a roof off an apartment.
The National Weather Service says 2014 has had the sixth latest start to a tornado season.
This was the latest start to a tornado season since 1962.
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