LATEST RESULTS FROM DAMAGE SURVEYS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 245 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2005 ...UPDATED AUGUST 18 2005 TORNADO COUNT... THE PRELIMINARY NUMBER OF SEPARATE TORNADOES ON AUGUST 18 2005 IN THE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN COUNTY WARNING AREA HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 15 DOWN TO 13. IT WAS DETERMINED THE REPORTED TORNADO NEAR ARENA WAS THE RESULT OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE. THE TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF AVOCA WAS COMBINED WITH ANOTHER TORNADO/S TRACK NEAR SPRING GREEN IN SOUTHERN SAUK COUNTY...AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS A CONTINUOUS TRACK. INVESTIGATIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND THE NUMBER COULD GO UP OR DOWN. THERE WERE 5 CONFIRMED TORNADOES IN THE NWS GREEN BAY COUNTY WARNING AREA....AND 6 CONFIRMED TORNADOES THE NWS LA CROSSE OFFICE COUNTY WARNING AREA. THIS GIVES A PRELIMINARY TOTAL OF 24 TORNADOES ON AUGUST 18TH IN WISCONSIN. THIS NUMBER TIES THE RECORD FOR THE MOST TORNADOES REPORTED FOR ONE DAY IN THE STATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 24 TORNADOES WAS SET ON MAY 8 1988. THE RESULTS OF THESE SURVEYS ARE LISTED BELOW FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. ...SAUK COUNTY... TORNADO ONE... BEGINNING TIME 530 PM PATH LENGTH 1.9 MILES ENDING TIME 533 PM MAX WIDTH 75 YARDS DURATION 3 MINUTES DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 1.5 SSW SPRING GREEN INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 0.5 ENE SPRING GREEN F-SCALE F1 TORNADO TWO... BEGINNING TIME 540 PM PATH LENGTH 10.0 MILES ENDING TIME 603 PM MAX WIDTH 200 YARDS DURATION 23 MINUTES DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 3.0 W BLUFFVIEW INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 3.2 SW OKEE /COLUMBIA CO./ F-SCALE F2 TORNADO THREE... BEGINNING TIME 600 PM PATH LENGTH 1.0 MILES ENDING TIME 605 PM MAX WIDTH 75 YARDS DURATION 5 MINUTES DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 1.5 W MERRIMAC INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 1.5 WSW MERRIMAC F-SCALE F0 ...IOWA COUNTY... TORNADO ONE... BEGINNING TIME 455 PM PATH LENGTH 0.1 MILE ENDING TIME 455 PM MAX WIDTH 50 YARDS DURATION BRIEF DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 2.5 ENE AVOCA INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 2.5 ENE AVOCA F-SCALE F0 TORNADO TWO... BEGINNING TIME 518 PM PATH LENGTH 6.5 MILES ENDING TIME 533 PM MAX WIDTH 100 YARDS DURATION 15 MINUTES DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 6.5 ESE AVOCA INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 2.2 WNW SPNG GREEN /SAUK CO./ F-SCALE F1 ...MARQUETTE COUNTY... TORNADO ONE... BEGINNING TIME 608 PM PATH LENGTH 5.5 MILES ENDING TIME 622 PM MAX WIDTH 100 YARDS DURATION 14 MINUTES DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 1.7 NNE WESTFIELD INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 7.2 NNE WESTFIELD F-SCALE F1 ...COLUMBIA COUNTY... TORNADO ONE... BEGINNING TIME 610 PM PATH LENGTH 0.1 MILE ENDING TIME 611 PM MAX WIDTH 50 YARDS DURATION BRIEF DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 4.5 NNE LODI INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 4.5 NNE LODI F-SCALE F0 ...DANE COUNTY... TORNADO ONE... BEGINNING TIME 615 PM PATH LENGTH 17.0 MILES ENDING TIME 655 PM MAX WIDTH 1/2 MILE DURATION 40 MINUTES DEATHS 1 BEGINNING LOCATION 2.0 N OREGON INJURIES 21 ENDING LOCATION 2.6 SSW ROCKDALE F-SCALE F3 ...JEFFERSON COUNTY... TORNADO ONE... BEGINNING TIME 715 PM PATH LENGTH 0.5 MILE ENDING TIME 717 PM MAX WIDTH 50 YARDS DURATION 2 MINUTES DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 5 W FORT ATKINSON INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 4.8 W FORT ATKINSON F-SCALE F0 TORNADO TWO... BEGINNING TIME 720 PM PATH LENGTH 0.7 MILE ENDING TIME 723 PM MAX WIDTH 50 YARDS DURATION 3 MINUTES DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 5 W FORT ATKINSON INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 4 W FORT ATKINSON F-SCALE F1 TORNADO THREE... BEGINNING TIME 735 PM PATH LENGTH 1.2 MILES ENDING TIME 740 PM MAX WIDTH 50 YARDS DURATION 5 MINUTES DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 3.6 WSW FT ATKINSON INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 3.0 WSW FT ATKINSON F-SCALE F1 TORNADO FOUR... BEGINNING TIME 750 PM PATH LENGTH 1.4 MILES ENDING TIME 755 PM MAX WIDTH 50 YARDS DURATION 5 MINUTES DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 1.5 SSW FT ATKINSON INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 1.4 SSE FT ATKINSON F-SCALE F1 TORNADO FIVE... BEGINNING TIME 812 PM PATH LENGTH 0.1 MILE ENDING TIME 812 PM MAX WIDTH 50 YARDS DURATION BRIEF DEATHS 0 BEGINNING LOCATION 3.2 SE FT ATKINSON INJURIES 0 ENDING LOCATION 3.2 SE FT ATKINSON F-SCALE F0 ...ROCK...WALWORTH AND RACINE COUNTIES... NO TORNADO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THERE WERE A FEW LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN JUST WEST OF WATERFORD ON HIGHWAY 20 AND JUST WEST OF LA GRANGE ON HIGHWAY 12. THIS TREE DAMAGE WAS NOT PRODUCED BY A TORNADO...BUT BY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.