February Tornado News Today

JANESVILLE – The Rock County Board has taken measures to get resources to Evansville and surrounding townships that saw heavy damage from a Feb. 8 tornado.

There’s been nearly $2.5 million dollars in damage across Rock County according to Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernet.

The storms left a swath of destruction that included dead and missing cows, roofs blown off of homes, destroyed storage sheds and barns, trashed vehicles and shattered windows.

The first February tornado to touch down in Wisconsin in record history was preliminarily rated as an EF 2 tornado, according to survey crews from the National Weather Service Milwaukee.

Tracking the tornadoes' path through viewer footage

EVANSVILLE – Patrick Crull had just moved into his house on N. Tolles Road in December, that he was in the process of buying from his father, and had put

The Rock County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday morning that nearly all roads have reopened after tornado damage forced numerous closures.

EVANSVILLE, Wis. -- Authorities in Rock County will begin getting a better idea of the damage left behind by a historic February tornado now that the sun is up on

Dan Wagner, who has lived in Evansville for over a decade, was impacted by the storm and said this was his first experience being in a tornado.

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