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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
631 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/17/26 TORNADO EVENT
..TORNADO #1: ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IA INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY WI
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 32.78 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/17/2026
START TIME: 04:53 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WNW ELON / ALLAMAKEE COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 43.2773 / -91.3703
END DATE: 06/17/2026
END TIME: 05:37 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 W BOSCOBEL / CRAWFORD COUNTY / WI
END LAT/LON: 43.1459 / -90.7525
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS LONG-TRACK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 5 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST
OF WAUKON, IA AND CONTINUED TRACKING EAST-SOUTHEAST, CROSSING THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IT CONTINUED SOUTHEAST THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY
BEFORE LIFTING JUST BEFORE REACHING BOSCOBEL, WI. NEARLY
CONTINUOUS TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG ITS PATH, SIGNIFICANT IN
SOME AREAS. OTHER DAMAGE INCLUDED DESTRUCTION OF SOME FARM
OUTBUILDINGS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO A FEW RESIDENCES. DAMAGE ALONG
THE LENGTH OF ITS NEARLY 33 MILE PATH WAS MOSTLY EF0 TO EF1 IN
MAGNITUDE, BUT SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE NORTHEAST OF WATERVILLE,
IA AND SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED NORTH OF EASTMAN, WI PROVIDED
EVIDENCE OF CONFINED MORE INTENSE WINDS UP TO 115MPH, CONSISTENT
WITH LOW-END EF2 TORNADO STRENGTH. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
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
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