NWS confirms tornado near Sparta May 19, the 6th in Wisconsin this year

TOWN OF WELLS (MONROE COUNTY), Wis. (WEAU) – The Nationwide Climate Service in La Crosse confirmed a twister close to Sparta on Might 19.

The affirmation on Saturday brings the overall variety of tornadoes in Wisconsin in 2022 to 6.

In line with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace, the transient twister affected two properties on Javelin Highway within the City of Wells, about 5 miles southeast of Sparta. Injury was executed to a shed that had farm gear in it and a camper was destroyed after being thrown about 100 toes right into a tree. Moreover, a number of items of farm gear had been flipped over in a area. Timber had been broken alongside the Elroy-Sparta Bike Path, which the Wisconsin Division of Pure Sources was working to scrub as much as open the path by this weekend.

The NWS mentioned the twister traveled a couple of quarter of a mile and was 35 yards huge. The height winds of the EF0 twister had been estimated to be 85mph. The twister lasted for less than a couple of minute, from 8:20 to eight:21 p.m. Nobody was damage or killed by the twister.

The NWS mentioned that up to now in 2022, there have been six confirmed tornadoes in Wisconsin. 4 of them occurred on Might 9, together with two in Dunn County, one in Polk County and one in Pepin County. One of many Dunn County tornadoes broken a golf course and was rated an EF1. On March 8, a twister was confirmed in Dane County southeast of Madison.

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