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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/17/26 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 6
UPDATE
TORNADO #6
REQUA WI
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.56 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 80 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2026
START TIME: 04:19 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SW REQUA / TREMPEALEAU COUNTY / WI
START LAT/LON: 44.5493 / -91.1703
END DATE: 04/17/2026
END TIME: 04:24 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ENE REQUA / JACKSON COUNTY / WI
END LAT/LON: 44.587 / -91.0948
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE EF1-RATED TORNADO BEGAN NEAR INTERSTATE 94 WHERE
COUNTY ROAD B NEARLY INTERSECTS ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSSEO
WI IN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO JACKSON
COUNTY AND AFFECTED RURAL AREAS CAUSING TREE DAMAGE, SOMETIMES
EXTENSIVE ACREAGE, BEFORE ENDING NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF HIGHWAY 10 AND MOE RD. THE PATH WAS 5 MILES WITH MAX WIND
ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
KURZ/CECAVA/BAUMGARDT/BOYNE
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