Tornado Rips Through East Central Wisconsin
Only being alive for just short of 30 years, I can still only count on ONE hand how many tornadoes have appeared in the county I live in. The other night, was one of those days.
With a storm system cruising across the state of Wisconsin and the closer it got to Lake Michigan, that larger and more powerful it became. The storm clouds were amazing and as I watched from the building where I work, I could see the danger it what was about to happen.
The sky had clouds under clouds, if you can follow me. Stationary clouds were higher and large storm cells were forming all over the place. Lighter, less dense clouds were flying in circles underneath the storm cells. It didn’t take long to see what was going to happen.
Within 5 minutes everything changed. When a “code black” is called over the intercom at work, it’s time to stop what you are doing and head for cover, well, that is exactly what I did, quickly. As I looked back, I couldn’t see a damn thing outside as it was a dark as midnight, at 3:30pm CST.
Needless to say, a tornado hit the ground within 10 minutes after that and continued on a path of destruction for about 1 mile. Nobody was injured and only a few buildings in the area suffered damage. The major issue was the straight-line winds up to 70mph that toppled up to 75 trees throughout the area, as well as, landing many branches in peoples backyards. The streets were littered with leaves and small twigs and power lines were down all over the place.
Fun day, missed all the action being inside under cover, but it turned out good in the end. At least it was something to write about!