PRESS RELEASE

VORTEK LLC
 

January 14, 2008                                                                                 Huntsville, Alabama
 

As part of an ongoing tornado research project, by means of the Site Assessment of Tornado Threat (SATT) 3.0 software, and based on National Weather Service data from 1950 through 2006, the VorTek staff have determined the most tornado-prone point in Wisconsin, originally identified in May 2003, remains at latitude 45^o 44’ N, longitude 89^o 44’ W, which corresponds to a location 0.86 miles east of Hughitt Lake, 0.46 miles west of U.S. Highway 51, 3.92 miles northwest of Goodnow on the north side of Rocky Run. During the 57-year period noted, 31 tornado track segments have touched down or passed within 20 miles of this point.  This includes thirteen F0 tornadoes, nine F1, four F2, four F3, and one F4.  If the total land area disturbed by these tornadoes is divided by the land area within the 20-mile circle, on an annual basis the average fraction of land disturbed (or Annual Coverage Fraction) equals 1.0006 x 10^-3 or 0.10006%, which is the largest value for any point within Wisconsin.

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