PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1202 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

...PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY TEAM REPORT FROM THE WHEATLAND AREA...

THE TORNADO THAT WENT THROUGH THE WHEATLAND/NEW MUNSTER AREA IN
WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY RATING OF EF-3
...WITH ESTIMATED WINDS BETWEEN 140-150 MPH...BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM.

THIS PLACES THE TORNADIC WINDS AT THE LOWER END OF THE EF-3
SCALE...WHICH RANGES FROM 136 MPH TO 165 MPH.

INTIAL ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH IS 200 YARDS WIDE. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN
POINT OF THE TORNADO APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PELL LAKE JUST NORTHEAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 12 AND WEST OF COUNTY
HIGHWAY U...NEAR WEST COURT. THE DAMAGE PATH IS CONTINUOUS FOR
SEVERAL MILES INTO THE WHEATLAND/NEW MUNSTER AREA. THE END POINT OF
CONTINUOUS DAMAGE IS STILL BEING DETERMINED BY THE SURVEY TEAM.

UPDATED INFORMATION FROM THE TEAM WILL BE ISSUED AS IT IS RECEIVED
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1112 AM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     TORNADO          3 NE NEW MUNSTER        42.61N 88.19W
01/07/2008  F3               KENOSHA            WI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 15 INJ *** UPDATED INFORMATION ON INJURIES AND
            PRELIMINARY EF-SCALE RATING FROM SURVEY TEAM OF EF-3 WITH
            ESTIMATED 140-150 MPH WINDS. STATE HIGHWAY 50 AND COUNTY
            HIGHWAY O. 12 HOMES DESTROYED...SOME WITH NOTHING BUT
            FOUNDATIONS LEFT. LARGE TREES DOWN. ONE THREE-FOOT ROUND
            OAK TREE DOWNED WITH A SMALL TRAILER WRAPPED AROUND IT.

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