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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) - Offsite (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri Aug 19 2005 - 15:47:31 EDT
NEWS STORIES:
<http://news.google.com/news?q=wisconsin+tornado>
"STOUGHTON, Wis. -- The sky "just exploded" as a tornado damaged or
destroyed dozens of homes, killing one man, a witness said. Fifteen homes
were leveled Thursday and 30 others had moderate to severe damage in the
town of 12,500 near Madison in south-central Wisconsin, state emergency
management spokeswoman Lori Getter said.
The National Weather Service said it is investigating reports of 18
possible tornadoes around the state."
QUOTES FROM:
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Wisconsin%20Tornado>
RADAR IMAGES/MOVIES (courtesy RadarPlus.AccuWeather.com):
http://www.weathermatrix.net/2005/0818/
NWS REPORT:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/tornadoreports/0145.html
...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE STOUGHTON TORNADO...
SURVEY TEAMS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
OFFICE HAVE MADE A PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF THE STRENGTH AND
PATH LENGTH OF THE STOUGHTON TORNADO.
THE TORNADO APPEARED TO HAVE FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 615
PM CDT IN THE FISH CREEK SUBDIVISION IN THE TOWNSHIP OF DUNN...WEST
OF THE TOWN OF DUNN...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF STOUGHTON.
THE TORNADO TRAVELED AN ESTIMATED 12 TO 15 MILES THROUGH STOUGHTON...
LIFTING OFF APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF STOUGHTON.
THE PRELIMINARY FUJITA SCALE RATING IS AN F-3...WITH ESTIMATED WINDS
OF UP TO 200 MPH.
THE DAMAGE PATH APPEARED TO BE 1/2 MILE WIDE.
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