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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
359 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
...TORNADO IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, WI PRELIMINARILY CONFIRMED TO HAVE
REACHED UP TO EF-2 MAGNITUDE...
THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA
CROSSE HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO FROM JUNE 17, 2026 CROSSED NEARLY
THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, WISCONSIN FROM 5 MILES NW OF
EASTMAN TO NEAR BOSCOBEL. THIS TORNADO ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY, IOWA AND CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BEFORE
TRACKING SOUTHEAST THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY.
DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY WAS MOSTLY EF-0 TO
EF-1 IN MAGNITUDE, CONSISTING OF NEARLY CONTINUAL TREE DAMAGE,
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SOME FARM OUTBUILDINGS, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO
A RESIDENCE OR TWO. A COUPLE MILES NORTH OF EASTMAN ALONG HIGHWAY
27, SEVERAL SNAPPED POWER POLES PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF A CONFINED
AREA OF MORE INTENSE WINDS REACHING UP TO 115 MPH, WHICH IS LOW-
END EF-2 TORNADO STRENGTH.
OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO SURVEY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE FURTHER DOWNSTREAM
ACROSS NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.
DETAILS REMAIN PRELIMINARY, AND MORE INFORMATION IS EXPECTED TO
BE RELEASED IN ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT LATER THIS
EVENING ONCE THE TEAM CONCLUDES ITS SURVEY.
KURZ
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