CONFIRMED: Tornado touched down in Barron County Sunday

Barron County (WQOW) – The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down Sunday in Barron County.

Monday night NWS investigators confirmed the EF-0 twister touched down six miles southeast of Barron at about 6:40 Sunday evening. It stayed on the ground for about four-tenths of a mile, with maximum wind speeds of 74 miles per hour.

This is on top of the other two tornadoes that hit Barron County just ten days before.

by WQOW (2019, July 29)

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Kyrie Wagner