From Milwaukee:
…PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY TEAM REPORT FROM THE WHEATLAND AREA…
***UPDATED WITH INITIAL DETERMINATION OF END POINT OF CONTINUOUS
DAMAGE PATH***THE TORNADO THAT WENT THROUGH THE WHEATLAND/NEW MUNSTER AREA IN
WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY RATING OF EF-3
…WITH ESTIMATED TOP WINDS BETWEEN 150-160 MPH…BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM.THIS PLACES THE TORNADIC WINDS AT THE HIGHER PORTION OF THE
EF-3 SCALE…WHICH RANGES FROM 136 MPH TO 165 MPH.
INITIAL ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH IS 200 YARDS WIDE. THE INITIAL
TOUCHDOWN POINT OF THE TORNADO APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PELL LAKE JUST NORTHEAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 12 AND WEST OF
COUNTY HIGHWAY U…NEAR WEST COURT.THE DAMAGE PATH IS CONTINUOUS TO THE NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY
10.8 MILES TO AN END POINT APPROXIMATELY 2.4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PADDOCK LAKE ALONG 41ST STREET…WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 75 AND NORTH
OF COUNTY HIGHWAY NN.ALL INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND MAY BE CHANGED WHEN THE SURVEY
TEAM COMPLETES THE INVESTIGATION OF THE EVENT. UPDATED INFORMATION
WILL BE ISSUED AS IT IS RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN.
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