A tornado touched down in Wisconsin Thursday , the first ever recorded for the state in the month of February.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado was spotted just south of Madison between Evansville and Edgerton. The tornado was part of a storm system tracking across southern Wisconsin and the Midwest that has resulted in strong winds, lightning and hail.
The weather service said in a post on X around 6 p.m. that “this is a very dangerous storm; seek immediate safe shelter if in its path!” The storm made its way into the Milwaukee area and moved out over Lake Michigan by 10 p.m. No warnings were in effect in the state as of 8:30 p.m.
According to NWS preliminary reports, three tornadoes were reported in the Midwest Thursday evening. In addition to the one in Wisconsin, two were reported in Illinois, turning over a semitruck outside of Peoria. Hail also littered parts of Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, preliminary reports show.
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