EVANSVILLE, Wis. — A tornado touched down in Wisconsin in February for the first time ever on Thursday, and it hit the community of Evansville especially hard.
Drone video captured by TMJ4 shows the trail of destruction. Multiple structures appear to have been completely flattened.
The tornado tore through mostly rural areas and came on a day that broke records for warmth, setting up the perfect scenario for the type of severe weather normally seen in the late spring and summer.
The storms left a swath of destruction that included dead and missing cows, roofs blown off of homes, destroyed storage sheds and barns, trashed vehicles and shattered windows.
Video shows drone footage of tornado damage in Evansville, Wisconsin:
Drone video shows path of destruction left by Evansville tornado
At least one tornado was confirmed south of Madison and the National Weather Service was investigating reports of several more spawned from storms that swept across the southeastern part of the state around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, said meteorologist Taylor Patterson.