June 18, 2006 Hartford Tornado

On Sunday afternoon, June 18, 2006,  a rapidly developing, but rather small thunderstorm produced a brief F1(Fujita Scale) tornado that touched down near Rubicon at about 2:27 PM. The tornado then moved into the western city limits of Hartford by 2:30 PM and the south side of Hartford by 2:36 PM.  The F1 rating is a preliminary rating based on an on-site investigation from a National Weather Service employee visiting family in the area.   The worst damage was on the south side of Hartford where a motel and elementary school suffered significant roof damage. 

Damage photos:
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Below is a plot of the tornado path along with a Local Storm Report summary pertinent to the event.

Tornado path

tornado path
Detail of tornado damage path through Hartford


PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
524 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0227 PM     TORNADO          1 S RUBICON             43.33N 88.46W
06/18/2006                   DODGE              WI   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED DEBRIS SWIRLING IN THE AIR NEAR HWY 60
            AND COUNTY ROAD P.

0232 PM     TORNADO          1 S HARTFORD            43.31N 88.39W
06/18/2006                   WASHINGTON         WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HOTEL HEAVILY DAMAGED ON MONROE AVENUE...WITH STRUCTURAL
            DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
            THE CITY.

0236 PM     TORNADO          1 S HARTFORD            43.31N 88.39W
06/18/2006                   WASHINGTON         WI   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SILVER BELLE MOTEL ON GRAND AVENUE...PORTION OF ROOF AND
            WALL COLLAPSED. ROOF DAMAGE TO LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
            ON RURAL ST. OTHER STRUCTURES WITH ROOF DAMAGE. POWER
            LINES AND MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. APPROX. TRACK OF
            TORNADO...CAME IN SOUTH OF HWY 60 AND POND RD...TO THE
            SOUTH OF WACKER DR...SOUTHEAST ACROSS HWY 83...THEN
            ACROSS COUNTY ROAD K. PRELIMINARY RATING OF F1.
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