EF1 Tornado — Walworth, Wisconsin

2024-05-07 · near Darien, Walworth, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Brief tornado went through mainly rural lands, but did hit a horse barn where farmers were actively feeding their horses. No injuries occurred, but a door blew in and nearly hit one of the farm workers.

Wider weather episode

A few rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms moved along a stationary front that was draped across southern WI. Two tornadoes occurred with the second line of storms in the early afternoon. One of those tornadoes tracked across the IL/WI border and hit a couple barns before it ended south of Geneva Lake. Both the second and third rounds of storms produced large hail and damaging downburst winds. Mostly tree damage occurred with the downburst winds. A couple reports of flooding on the Milwaukee interstate system was also received.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1169256. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.