Preliminary info on the April 28, 2025 Tornadoes

Preliminary Overview

A potent severe weather environment resulted in a swath of large hail up to 2.75" in diameter stretching from SE South Dakota up through southern Minnesota into west central Wisconsin. There were also a number of tornadoes, including at least an EF-1 in southern Rice County between Faribault and Kenyon, and 4 tornadoes that impacted southern Eau Claire County in Wisconsin (three of which rated at EF1 and one EF-0).

***More detail will be updated as we finalize the damage assessment***

Summary of the Eau Claire County tornadoes:

An EF-1 tornado touched down northeast of Mondovi in Buffalo County that briefly crossed into Eau Claire county before lifting.

A second EF-1 briefly touched down south of Allen and west of Foster.

A brief EF-0 touched down near Hale Corner.

A final EF-1 crossed US-12 between Augusta and Fairchild before lifting just before the county line with Clark County.

A list of the latest storm reports will be updated as we finalize the damage assessment.

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