1st tornado to hit Wisconsin in February spotted, as weather in Chicago area warmer than normal

The first-ever tornado in February was spotted Thursday just south of Madison, the National Weather Service confirmed.

It was the first tornado ever for the state of Wisconsin during the month since records have been kept, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

A possible tornado was seen in Evansville, Wisconsin Thursday night.

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Rock County officials, in the area where the tornado was reported, received reports of about 25 buildings, power lines or other structures damaged.

There were no immediate reports of injuries though, Mark Elland, a shift supervisor at the Rock County 911 center, told the Wisconsin State Journal. He said there had been “numerous reports of tornado activity, funnel clouds,” including reports from law enforcement of a tornado touching down in several areas of the county.

Accurate tornado records go back to 1950.

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There were at least three reported tornadoes in Wisconsin and Illinois overnight, ABC News meteorologists said, along with ping-pong-ball-sized hail and damaging winds.

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