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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1128 PM CDT WED APR 22 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/17/26 TORNADO EVENT CORRECTION # 1
CORRECTION
CORRECTED PATH WIDTH.
UPDATED NARRATIVE FOR RINGLE TORNADO.
RINGLE TORNADO
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 145 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.53 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2026
START TIME: 04:46 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 WSW RINGLE / MARATHON COUNTY / WI
START LAT/LON: 44.8414 / -89.5661
END DATE: 04/17/2026
END TIME: 05:03 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 SW HOGARTY / MARATHON COUNTY / WI
END LAT/LON: 44.9695 / -89.3675
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO DEVELOPED ABOUT 3 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF RINGLE, EAST
OF KRONENWETTER NEAR MARTIN AND CREEK ROAD, AT ABOUT 4:46 PM. THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, CROSSING HIGHWAY 29 AND DOWNING HUNDREDS
OF TREES. IT THEN MOVED THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG AND NEAR
RIVER ROAD FROM SHADY LANE TO NORTH OF CLUBHOUSE ROAD. IN THIS
AREA, DOZENS OF HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE, WITH
FAILURES OF ATTACHED GARAGES COMMON. AT LEAST THREE HOMES IN THIS
AREA HAD COMPLETE REMOVAL OF THEIR ROOFS WITH FAILURE OF ALL
EXTERNAL WALLS AND SEVERAL INTERIOR WALLS, CONSISTENT WITH EF-
3 DAMAGE. HUNDREDS MORE TREES WERE DOWNED IN THIS AREA, WITH MANY
SNAPPED NEAR THE BASE. MULTIPLE SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST, CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE
EAU CLAIRE RIVER, AND DISSIPATED BETWEEN GOLD DUST ROAD AND
COUNTY ROAD Z, 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOGARTY, AT ABOUT 5:03 PM.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED INJURIES OR FATALITIES.
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.
KURIMSKI
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