SHAWANO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – A weak tornado has been confirmed to have touched down just north of Shawano Lake on Saturday.
The National Weather Service says the EF-0 tornado was nearly stationary over the smaller Loon Lake around 7 p.m., technically making it a waterspout. Officials estimate the twister had 40 mile per hour winds.
This type of tornado, officials believe, was likely a landspout. Landspouts are tornadoes formed without a large, rotating thunderstorm overhead. Most of these types of tornadoes are EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with wind speeds below 85 miles per hour.
No injuries or damage was reported. The twister was only reported once video of it surfaced and was passed along to the National Weather Service office in Green Bay.
