AVALON, Wis (WSAU-Wheeler News) Wisconsin’s eighth tornado of the year has been confirmed. The National Weather Service said yesterday that an E-F-1 twister was on the ground for five miles from Avalon in Rock County to north of Darien in Walworth County. It landed around 2:40 Saturday afternoon — and officials cited two main areas of damage, with farm field damage in between.
Rock County authorities said the storm mainly caused fallen trees and power lines. A barn was destroyed in town of Johnston. No injuries were reported.
The Weather Service said the E-F-1 tornado carried winds of up to 100-miles-an-hour. It was relatively minor, considering that the E-F-tornado rating system goes from zero-to-five.
