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Winter Storm and Cold for the Weekend

A prolonged period of moderate snow affects the region from Friday night through early Sunday morning, potentially resulting in hazardous road conditions. Portions of northeast Iowa into southwest Wisconsin could see snowfall amounts of 9-12+". Colder air arrives for Sunday through Tuesday with overnight wind chills in the single digits to teens below zero. Read More >

Overview

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across the area on the evening of July 5th, 2016, producing a swath of damaging winds from 45 to 95 mph, along with embedded small tornadoes. Numerous trees were downed, and there were sporadic power outages and damage to some buildings.

There was quite a bit of wind damage along the track of the storm - some extreme.  There were four (4) documented tornadoes as well - 3 were EF1s and 1 EF0.

Radar loop
Radar Loop from the evening of July 5, 2016.
(Warnings: severe thunderstorm-yellow, tornado-red)
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