Rock County Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernet gives an update to the media Friday evening after a confirmed EF-2 tornado went through an area just northeast of Evansville,Wis., the day before. An EF-1 tornado has been confirmed south of Albany also.
Rock County Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernet gives an update to the media Friday evening after a confirmed EF-2 tornado went through an area just northeast of Evansville,Wis., the day before. An EF-1 tornado has been confirmed south of Albany also.
Rock County Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernet gives an update to the media Friday evening after a confirmed EF-2 tornado went through an area just northeast of Evansville the day before. An EF-1 tornado has also been confirmed south of Alban.
Rock County Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernet gives an update to the media Friday evening after a confirmed EF-2 tornado went through an area just northeast of Evansville,Wis., the day before. An EF-1 tornado has been confirmed south of Albany also.
Rock County Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernet gives an update to the media Friday evening after a confirmed EF-2 tornado went through an area just northeast of Evansville,Wis., the day before. An EF-1 tornado has been confirmed south of Albany also.
Rock County Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernet gives an update to the media Friday evening after a confirmed EF-2 tornado went through an area just northeast of Evansville the day before. An EF-1 tornado has also been confirmed south of Alban.
EVANSVILLE – Some Evansville-area residents could be without power until Tuesday after an EF-2 tornado destroyed and damaged homes and brought down power lines.Â
The tornado confirmed by the National Weather Service that caused widespread damage in Evansville was one of two that struck in Green and Rock counties shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday. The other, in Albany, was confirmed by the National Weather Service as an EF-1 tornado. It was the first time that a tornado had been confirmed in Wisconsin in the month of February.
At a press conference Friday at the Evansville fire station, Rock County Emergency Management Director Kevin Wernett said power began to be restored in the city of Evansville late Thursday night. Wernett said he was unclear about the number of people without power in the surrounding townships.
Wernett said a transmission line along Highway 59 that brings electricity into Evansville, a city of 5,700 residents, was significantly damaged and subsequently covered with debris.
Work was being done to clear debris Friday night so repairs on the transmission line could begin Monday.
Preliminary survey results indicate that one home was destroyed, but “there may be a couple more,†Wernett said.
Additionally, 11 homes had “major damage,†9 had “minor damage†and 4 were “affected,†he said. Wernett said the Evansville Power and Light building and a Rock Energy substation were both damaged.
Wernett said damage assessments were made Friday for 25 homes, but he said there were still “2 or 3 that because of downed power lines and debris it just wasn’t safe to get to.â€
Homeowners who haven’t received damage assessments should call 211 for help getting that done, Wernett said.
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