ABUS34 KMKE 302000 PNSMKE PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 257 PM CDT WED JUL 30 1997 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0740 PM 2 W WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO 07/25/97 DANE TORNADO OCCURRED FROM 2 MILES TO 1/2 MILE WEST OF WAUNAKEE. IT DESTROYED A BARN AND A GARAGE... AND SLIGHTLY DAMAGED 2 HOMES.. AN OUTBUILDING.. AND 2 VEHICLES. MANY TREES WERE UPROOTED. TORNADO CROSSED HWY 19 AND DISSPATED AT 743 PM. PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 1 MILE AND PRELIM RATING IS F1. NO DEATHES OR INJURIES. 0820 PM 3 SE WAUNAKEE WI TORNADO 07/25/97 DANE TORNADO OCCURRED FROM FROM JUST WEST OF HWY 113 ABOUT 3 MILES SE OF WAUNAKEE TO ABOUT 2 MILES NW OF THE MADISON AIRPORT. IT DAMAGED AT LEAST 12 HOMES... ONE SEVERELY. ONE POLE BARN WAS DAMAGED. IT UPROOTED MANY TREES AND CROSSED THE YAHARA RIVER. IT DISSAPATED IN THE CHEROKEE AREA IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF MAPLE BLUFF. PRELIM RATING IS F1 AND PATH LENGTH WAS A LITTLE OVER 2 MILES. NO DEATHES OR INJURIES. THERE WERE NO OTHER VERIFIED TORNADOES ON THE GROUND IN DANE COUNTY ON FRIDAY JULY 25 1997. KAPELA