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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1244 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 5/21/24 Tornado Event - Update # 6...

.Update...Addition of four tornadoes in Clark County Wisconsin.

.Overview...Four additional tornadoes have been documented that
caused sporadic damage to farm buildings, trees, and power
lines across Clark County, Wisconsin.

.NE of Humbird to SW of Loyal...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    105 mph
Path Length /statute/:  16.49 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/21/2024
Start Time:             07:07 PM CDT
Start Location:         4 ENE Humbird / Clark County / WI
Start Lat/Lon:          44.5647 / -90.8166

End Date:               05/21/2024
End Time:               07:22 PM CDT
End Location:           3 SSE Greenwood / Clark County / WI
End Lat/Lon:            44.7169 / -90.571

Survey Summary:
This stronger EF-1 tornado leveled trees and powerlines along a
16 mile path. The latter 6 miles of the path was more
intermittent as the tornado mixed with downburst winds. Multiple
farmsteads were hit near Globe and southwest of Loyal with the
worst damage mainly confined to outbuildings.

.NE of Loyal...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  10.26 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/21/2024
Start Time:             07:25 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 WNW Loyal / Clark County / WI
Start Lat/Lon:          44.7507 / -90.527

End Date:               05/21/2024
End Time:               07:35 PM CDT
End Location:           2 ENE Riplinger / Clark County / WI
End Lat/Lon:            44.8411 / -90.3623

Survey Summary:
This tornado damaged mainly trees along an intermittent 10 mile
damage path. Several outbuildings were damaged.

.NE of Greenwood...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  4.15 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   150 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/21/2024
Start Time:             07:27 PM CDT
Start Location:         4 SW Atwood / Clark County / WI
Start Lat/Lon:          44.8468 / -90.5415

End Date:               05/21/2024
End Time:               07:31 PM CDT
End Location:           Atwood / Clark County / WI
End Lat/Lon:            44.8828 / -90.4782

Survey Summary:
This tornado occurred on the left flank of a broad area of
downburst wind damage with the tornado path intermittent in
nature as the downburst mixed in at times. Multiple farmsteads
were hit with damage mainly to trees and outbuildings.

.SW of Riplinger...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.10 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   75 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/21/2024
Start Time:             07:30 PM CDT
Start Location:         4 NE Loyal / Clark County / WI
Start Lat/Lon:          44.7797 / -90.4491

End Date:               05/21/2024
End Time:               07:32 PM CDT
End Location:           2 SSW Riplinger / Clark County / WI
End Lat/Lon:            44.8019 / -90.4218

Survey Summary:
This was a brief tornado that occurred just to the southeast of a
longer-tracked tornado. Damage occurred to a farmstead, trees,
and to a garage attached to a manufactured home.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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NWS La Crosse/Skow/Shea/Kurz