Forecasters Confirm Tornado In Western Wisconsin, More Reported

WISCONSIN — A tornado touched ground in western Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service reported. Multiple tornadoes were reported in the central and western parts of the state as a line of storms rolled across Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening.

The funnel cloud touched down near Tomah, a town in Monroe County, around 4 p.m., the La Crosse National Weather Service station tweeted. Forecasters gave the all-clear around 6:43 p.m.

The tornado took down multiple trees, power lines and barns, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. High winds damaged some homes, caused power outages and shut down Interstate 90 for three hours when they blew over multiple semi-trucks.

No injuries or deaths were reported in Monroe County, the sheriff's office added.

Law enforcement confirmed another tornado damaged a hospital in Mauston, weather media company AccuWeather reported. Residents spotted potential tornadoes near the towns of Oakdale, Bowler and Wyeville.

Meanwhile, storms struck the Fox Cities, Green Bay and Sheboygan areas with damaging winds and power outages. Tornado sirens sounded — amid 45 mph winds, rain and lightning — in De Pere around 6 p.m., AccuWeather reported.

The Sheboygan Fire Department responded to multiple calls for fire alarms, and downed trees and wires, after damaging winds hit the town Wednesday, Fox 6 Milwaukee reported. No injuries were reported, but the fire department asked people to avoid driving for the rest of the night.

According to a We Energies outage map, 5,350 southeastern Wisconsin residents and 31,655 central Wisconsin residents were without power as of 9:10 a.m. Thursday. Crews also responded to more than 150 people without power in the Rhinelander area.

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