Tornado, Ft. Atkinson WI

Small tornado S of Ft. Atkinson WI. It skipped around doing some minor tree damage. Quality was not what I would like. Camera malfunctioned and stuck on back-light and I got some water on the lens.

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[AirRaider56]

Nothing wrong with going through the "core" of wisconsin storms. being from janesville i know all wisconsin storms are is rain.. nothing else. tornado warnings are just heavy rain and severe t storm warnings are light rains

[momotous]

@AirRaider56 It's always a risk. WI has had it's share of big tornadoes.

[MrRem300]

NOAA Weather Radio or a car radio

[momotous]

@MrRem300 weather radio

[HookEchoMedia]

Gerald... you are the man! Great catch!

[momotous]

@HookEchoMedia That day I was. Have to enjoy it. With my technology impairments (still sniffing dirt), it could be a while till I get another.

[AirRaider56]

@MesoMediaOU Yup. so rare weve had about 6 EF-5s this year

[AirRaider56]

@w9awx1 Ive heard of them, i was talking about my part of the state, south central wisconsin (near fort atkinson).

[w9awx1]

@AirRaider56 Guess you've never heard of Oakfield, WI or Barneveld, WI. Wisconsin never gets tornadoes. lol Only a couple of EF-5s.

[MesoMediaOU]

@AirRaider56 You do realize how rare violent tornadoes are, don't you? And besides, a weak tornado could throw your car off the road. I've seen an EF-2 throw a car through the side of a house.

[AirRaider56]

@momotous nah. just 2 EF5s in the past 50 years. and its either EF1-3 or EF5 never EF4. Plus, like i said i live here and have for 15 years. The worst i have seen is a damaging microburst that WREX rockford measured to be 95 MPH and all madison stations said it was 90 MPH.