EF1 tornado in Green County, Wisconsin
Tornado February 8, 2024 · Green County, Wisconsin
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Damage was mainly to small barns and outbuildings though one home south of Albany took a hit and lost it's roof. Condensation funnel may not have been visible for much of the life of the tornado until it's end near Albany.
The wider storm
A historic tornado event for Wisconsin as the first documented tornado occurred in the month of February. An approaching cold front and upper level disturbance initiated the severe thunderstorms from late afternoon into the early evening. An EF-1 tornado occurred in Green County near Juda/Albany and then a second tornado developed which was stronger and produced EF-2 level damage. The long track tornado impacted 30 houses and numerous barns and outbuildings. Only 1 injury occurred when the tornado hit someone driving a car near Hwy 14 and Territorial Rd. A high volume of hail also occurred with these storms, but the largest hailstone were generally just at or above severe levels.
Began near Juda (42.5992, -89.5278).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1153460. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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