NWS Confirms EF‑0 Tornado Near Hubertus

Overview

• National Weather Service surveyors confirmed that an EF‑0 tornado briefly touched down near Hubertus during Tuesday’s severe storms, producing a roughly half‑mile track and about one minute on the ground with estimated peak winds of 80 mph.
• Surveyors found tree damage consistent with a tornado in the Hubertus area, including uprooted and split trees that blocked homes and yards and prompted local cleanup efforts.
• Despite multiple tornado warnings across southeast Wisconsin during the outbreak, the Hubertus touchdown was the only tornado the NWS confirmed from the event, while other damage in the region was driven by 70–80 mph straight‑line winds.
• Utilities reported thousands of outages from the storms, with WE Energies showing about 4,200 customers still without power as of 3:45 p.m. on Aug. 19, and crews continuing restoration work in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties.
• The state’s 2026 tornado tally now stands at 47, well above Wisconsin’s long‑term average of about 28 per year and continuing a multi‑year pattern of elevated tornado counts that included 45 in 2024 and 39 in 2025.