PULASKI, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – We are in the midst of tornado season in Wisconsin, with June typically seeing the most number of tornadoes.
It’s been one-year since a series of tornadoes tore through Northeast Wisconsin.
It was June 14th of last year that tornado sirens blared throughout the area.
An experience, Cody Guevara of Pulaski tells FOX 11 he’ll never forget.
“I saw it go right over the high school kind of. And I know my friend who lives just down the road, it was in his backyard and destroyed his garage.”
Severe damage could be seen in Pulaski, where The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado, did in fact, touchdown.
It was one of at least a dozen confirmed tornadoes in the area that day.
One twister with winds topping 95-mph left a stretch of damage.
“It was a unique storm. It came on pretty quick, intense,” said Pulaski Fire Chief, James Styczynski .
“We had structural damage, some trees on houses, obviously, power lines affected.”
Styczynski says the natural disaster left a lasting impact on the village.
Remnants of the damage, he says, can still be seen today.
“You can see the path of destruction and even today a year ago later.”
He tells FOX 11 a massive tree was cut-down after it collapsed over the Pulaski Polka Grounds restroom.
“And the way it fell it just took care of the whole block building but we got it cleaned up, start fresh.”.
He says it was the relief that no one was injured during the storm.
But when it comes to severe weather, Guevara says this year they’re hoping for a less eventful start to summer.
“It’d be nice to not have another scare like that,” he laughed.
The National Weather Service says the last time the area saw that large of a tornado outbreak was in April of 2010.
At that time there were 10 confirmed tornadoes.
