By Kim McDarison
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service’s (NOAA/NWS) Storm Prediction Center website, preliminary reports collected through radar indicate that at least four areas were affected by tornados Friday in the Wisconsin counties of Walworth and Jefferson.
A tornado warning was issued for the area at approximately 7:30 p.m. and expired at 8:30 p.m.
During the tornado warning, NOAA/NWS reported tornados in Walworth County near Sharon, Elkhorn and Delavan, and in Jefferson County, a tornado was reported near Ripley Lake and Cambridge.
Information reported by NOAA indicated that a tornado was sighted about three miles northeast of Sharon. The report further indicated that the storm brought structural damage near the intersection of Town Hall and Koch roads.
Another report stated that there was damage to buildings between Sharon and Delavan.
In addition, a tornado was reported two miles northwest of Como in Walworth County. The storm brought roof damage to several structures near the intersection of County Road H and Willow Bend Road south of Elkhorn.
In Walworth County, the National Weather Service reported “tornado on the ground near Elkhorn.”
In Jefferson County, a tornado was reported one mile southwest of Lake Ripley.
The storm was reported by the Cambridge Fire Department which noted damage to a tree near the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and Sleepy Hollow Road.
Along with Wisconsin, the full report lists tornados Friday night affecting several states, including Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa and Tennessee.
As of Saturday morning at approximately 9:30 a.m., according to the We Energies outage map, of the 3,268 customers who are without power, 274 are in Walworth County and 1 is in Jefferson County.
The two maps above, as supplied on the NOAA/NWS website, show, at top, tornado activity, and, above, convective activity affecting the midsection of the United States, including Wisconsin, on Friday, March 31. A link to the NOAA/NWS website is here: https://www.noaa.gov.
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