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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
339 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 5/16/26 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TRACKED ACROSS FAR
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THE IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS
THIS PAST FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD MINOR TREE
DAMAGE WAS NOTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA COUNTY NEAR DODGEVILLE
FROM THESE STORMS WHILE A CIRCULATION ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE
LINE OF STORMS PRODUCED A BRIEF TORNADO SOUTHWEST OF SHULLSBURG.
SHULLSBURG
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.78 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/16/2026
START TIME: 12:11 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 ESE BENTON / LAFAYETTE COUNTY / WI
START LAT/LON: 42.5457 / -90.3307
END DATE: 05/16/2026
END TIME: 12:14 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 SSW SHULLSBURG / LAFAYETTE COUNTY / WI
END LAT/LON: 42.5585 / -90.2389
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO APPEARED TO START ALONG/WEST OF COUNTY ROAD I AND PENNY
BENTON RD. ALONG PENNY BENTON RD, IT HIT 6 TREES, 1 UPROOTED,
1 SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK BUT WAS ROTTED, AND 4 OTHERS HAD LIMBS
TOPPED. AS IT TRACKED EAST, IT HIT SOME METAL FARM BUILDINGS
ALONG MULLEN RD AND SOUTH OF COPELAND RD. CORN STUBBLE FROM THE
FIELD TO THE WEST WAS NOTED DEPOSITED ALONG THE FARM DRIVEWAY
WITH SHEET METAL FROM THE BARNS LOFTED UP THE HILL AND INTO THE
FOREST TO THE EAST.
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.
HALBACH
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