Posted on 08/18/2005 7:12:22 PM PDT by silentknight
Numerous large tornadoes have hit Wisconsin. Reports of hundreds of homes damaged and or destroyed in Southern Wisconsin. Numerous injuries being reported. A long list of towns have been hit hard by tornadoes.
Stoughton, Wisconsin hit hard. Reports of homes "gone".
Tornadoes still on the ground in Southeast Wisconsin. Reports of at least 26 tornadoes hitting Wisconsin and vicinity.
Vernon, Wisconsin hit hard with injuries and major damage.
Reports of debris falling out of the sky NOW in Southeast Wisconsin. National Weather Service reporting debris falling out of the sky.
Richland, Wisconsin reporting major destruction to homes. Some injuries also reporting in the Richland area.
Storm spotters reporting large tornadoes on the ground for the past several hours.
I hope that the human toll is low, and that those involved have the strength to handle the devastation to their lives and their communities.
NWS reports a tornado hit Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
My son is with his National Guard unit in Baraboo tonight, awaiting transport on Sat. to Volk Field, where they will fly to MS for training for deployment.
I talked to him tonight and he said they had had a tornado warning there..........things were settling down a bit but he said it was still pretty wild.
The radar all evening has been just wild. Red everywhere.
Prayers for all in Wisconsin who are affected.
*ping* for when you get home.
We have relatives in Racine. They are now under a tornado warning.
Been discussing it for a while...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1466301/posts
Northern edge of Milwaukee County is quiet - So far.
Tornado hits Wisconsin city; witness says `sky just exploded'
TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press
STOUGHTON, Wis. - A tornado destroyed or damaged dozens of homes as it roared through this southern Wisconsin city late Thursday. At least three people were hospitalized by the twister that hit as severe storms blasted their way across the central and southern parts of the state.
A witness captured the Stoughton tornado on his camera phone.
"The sky just exploded. It was debris everywhere," David Murray of Stoughton told WISC-TV of Madison. "It moved across the road and then it just grew, it kept growing and growing and debris was just everywhere."
Others told WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee that clouds of debris were dropping paper and shingles in Waukesha County, just west of Milwaukee, that apparently was carried from Madison area storms, some 50 miles away.
State Emergency Management spokeswoman Lori Getter said the storms damaged 80 to 90 homes in the Stoughton area. Three people were hospitalized, Getter said, but the extent of their injuries was unknown
More
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/12419043.htm
I am in Northern Il Been watching a light show to the North. Full Moon is out to th south
Damn, I've got several friends there. Hope everybody's OK wherever the weather hit.
I'm seeing the same light show to the South and the moon is out here too!
Heavy structural damage was reported in Stoughton in Dane County, tornadoes were reported on the ground in Waushara, Jefferson, Columbia and Vernon counties and a confirmed touchdown was reported in Trempealeau County, the National Weather Service said.
In Dane County, the heaviest damage was reported in the Stoughton and McFarland areas, said J. McLellan, a spokesman for the county’s Department of Emergency Management.
I live in Brookfield, WI approx 60 miles east of Stoughton. A paper invoice from a Doctor in Madison landed in my yard. It was from resident of Stoughton.
Prayers for all in the path of these destructive storms. Safety for our FRiends and loved one!! Comfort for those who are hurt or have lost a loved one.
Blessings
trussell
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