Seven separate tornadoes streaked across Wisconsin on May 15, the National Weather Service confirmed over the weekend.
Three of them — in Mayville and Juneau in Dodge County, and near New Richmond in St. Croix County — were rated Category 2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, or EF Scale, which is used to measure tornado strengths.
That means their winds measured between 111 and 135 mph, and they caused considerable damage.
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In Mayville, several homes were seriously damaged. Two manufacturing companies — Gleason Reel and Mayville Engineering Company — had roofs and walls blown off.
Homes were destroyed in Juneau, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
And five houses were damaged near New Richmond, according to Tim Kufus, St. Croix County’s Emergency Support Services captain.
The National Weather Service typically takes several days to assess tornado damage before classifying and mapping tornadoes.
According to summaries from the weather service’s Milwaukee and Twin Cities offices, there were also four weaker tornadoes in Wisconsin last Thursday. Two were elsewhere in Dodge County, and two were in Clark County.
Those in Clark County snapped trees and blew the roof off one farm building, according to NWS report.
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