EF1 Tornado — Walworth, Wisconsin

2024-06-22 · near Linton, Walworth, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Tornado believed to have started east of the Abbey Springs Golf Course via eye witness accounts and tree damage in the area. Tornado went out over Geneva Lake and hit on the north side of the lake near Elgin Club Dr before going northeast and likely ending over Lake Como. Mainly widespread tree damage but some severe damage to a dock was documented on the north end of Geneva Lake. Plankings from the dock were thrown about 500 yards to the northeast from it's location with canopy material found scattered throughout the tree tops northeast of the location.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms developed across western Wisconsin and moved eastward across southern Wisconsin through the afternoon and evening hours on June 22nd due to passing low pressure and its approaching cold front. There were supercell thunderstorms along with bowing segments along this line which lead to multiple areas of damage. Two strong tornadoes occurred, which were rated EF-2 near Argyle and through the south side of Janesville. Many reports of flash flooding were received due to torrential rainfall and slow storm movement or the training of thunderstorms. One of the other issues for this event was that it occurred on a Saturday evening where numerous large events were occurring which ended up cancelling or postponing to a later date.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1179312. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.