EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The first tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February tore through mostly rural areas on a day that broke records for warmth, setting up the perfect scenario for the type of severe weather normally seen in the late spring and summer.
The storms left a swath of destruction that included dead and missing cows, roofs blown off of homes, destroyed storage sheds and barns, trashed vehicles and shattered windows.
At least two tornadoes were confirmed south of Madison and the National Weather Service was investigating reports of several more spawned from storms that swept across the southeastern part of the state around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, said meteorologist Taylor Patterson.
One confirmed tornado near Evansville was a “high end” F2, the weather service said. Those tornadoes are described as “significant,” with winds in this particular twister topping out at 135 mph (220 kph). It was on the ground for 36 minutes, traveling 24.5 miles (39.4 km) with a maximum width of 500 yards (457.2 meters).
In Michigan. Had a thunderstorm roll through a few hours ago. It was 60°F today.
“Tip-up” festival tomorrow. Tip-ups are an ice-fishing rig. There’s no ice.
Winter Carnival at Michigan Tech this weekend. The big draw is enormous snow sculptures built by the students. It rained all night Thursday.
The last 3 days we had rain, then yesterday an inch or two of snow.
This is Winnipeg, Manitoba … aka Winterpeg because it’s usually -40 this time of year.
Every month the weather just gets weirder and weirder.
sigh
It used to be usually -40.
Ice races were cancelled in South Dakota as well, no ice here too a couple weeks ago.