[WIham] Fwd: SKYWARN: Columbia County Tornado

[Mark Thompson]

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From: Milw Area Skywarn Assoc <svoros at execpc.com>
Sent: Wed, July 7, 2010 9:13:06 PM
Subject: SKYWARN: Columbia County Tornado

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN  WI
903 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

...TORNADO OVER NORTHEAST COLUMBIA COUNTY...

A QUICK-DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM SPUN UP A TORNADO IN NORTHEASTERN 
COLUMBIA COUNTY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...JULY 7TH. 

IT STARTED ABOUT 627 PM ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMBRIA WHERE IT 
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED TWO BARNS. OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE STH 
146 AND CEMETERY ROAD AREA SOUTH OF CAMBRIA...BUT THE EXACT NATURE
OF IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

BASED ON WSR-88D DOPPLER RADAR....THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST-NORTHEAST 
THROUGH THE AREA JUST NORTH OF CEMETERY ROAD. HOWEVER THE EXACT 
ENDING LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. THE CENTER OF ROTATION ON RADAR...KNOWN 
AS A MESO-CYCLONE...TRACKED TO JUST NORTH OF RANDOLPH BY 652 PM AND 
THEN TO JUST NORTH OF FOX LAKE IN NORTHWEST DODGE COUNTY BY 710 PM.

NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF DAMAGE WERE RECEIVED FROM THE RANDOLPH AREA 
OVER TO THE FOX LAKE AREA.

A DAMAGE SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN HOTTEST COLUMBIA COUNTY AND 
NORTHWEST DODGE COUNTY IN CONJUNCTION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS. THE SURVEY WILL HELP US DETERMINE THE STARTING AND ENDING 
TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF THE TORNADO...AND ITS EF-SCALE RATING.

IF YOU HAVE ANY RELATED DAMAGE REPORTS...PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO...
RUSTY.KAPELA at NOAA.GOV  /ALL LOWER CASE/

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