Suspected tornadoes ripped through southern and central Wisconsin on Tuesday, damaging dozens of buildings and overturning large trucks but causing only minor injuries, authorities said.
About two dozen homes south of Portage in Columbia County, about 35 miles north of Madison, had significant damage, including ripped-off roofs, said Lori Getter of Wisconsin Emergency Management. There were no reports of injuries.
Patrick Beghin, Columbia County’s emergency management director, said the county’s northwestern and western portions were hit. A likely tornado damaged homes, took out a barn and granary, downed power lines and trees and flipped over a car in Lewiston township.
That tornado or another one hit the Sky High Camping Resort south of State Highway 33, flipping over rental trailers at the resort, Beghin said.
The National Weather Service said it had received preliminary reports of tornadoes near Portage, Poynette, Waunakee, Wisconsin Dells and Barneveld.
