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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1216 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
..PRELIMINARY EF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY, IA
THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE
HAS PRELIMINARILY CONFIRMED AN EF-2 TORNADO IN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY,
IOWA FROM JUNE 17, 2026. SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG
ITS PATH, ALONG WITH SOME DESTROYED FARM OUTBUILDINGS AND MINOR
DAMAGE TO A FEW RESIDENCES. THE MAGNITUDE OF DAMAGE SUGGESTS
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEEDS UP TO 115 MPH, WHICH IS ON THE LOW-END
OF EF-2 TORNADO STRENGTH.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 5.5 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF WAUKON,
IOWA AND CONTINUED ON AN EAST-SOUTHEAST TRACK, CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER BEFORE CONTINUING INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY, WISCONSIN. OUR TEAM
WILL CONTINUE SURVEYING THE DAMAGE ACROSS CRAWFORD AND NORTHEAST
GRANT COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON.
DETAILS REMAIN PRELIMINARY, AND MORE INFORMATION IS EXPECTED TO
BE RELEASED IN ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING ONCE THE TEAM CONCLUDES ITS SURVEY.
KURZ
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