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Around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday<\/strong>, a damaging tornado slashed through Oconto County<\/strong>, leaving twisted hardwoods and shredded rooftops between Oconto<\/strong> and Lena<\/strong>. Frantic calls poured in as the roaring vortex gouged a ragged path across the Wisconsin<\/strong> countryside, scattering debris across soy fields and gravel lanes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The National Weather Service<\/strong> had already issued multiple tornado warnings when sharp-eyed residents spotted the funnel. While survey crews will verify the twister\u2019s strength after sunrise, preliminary accounts mention barns stripped to their frames and century-old maples snapped like matchsticks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Images captured by NBC 26<\/strong> photojournalist Noah Cornelius<\/strong> reveal mangled power lines and corrugated metal tangled in corn-stalk rows. On air, Chief Meteorologist Cameron Moreland<\/strong> traced a classic hook echo swirling over US Highway 41<\/strong>, the radar\u2019s bright reds and greens twisting together as the storm pulsed eastward.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Witnesses describe a freight-train roar followed by an eerie hush, punctuated only by the hiss of wind-driven rain. Through the night, fire crews cleared splintered limbs from County Road J<\/strong> while utility teams hustled to re-string lines and restore power to darkened farmsteads.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At first light Thursday<\/strong>, NWS<\/strong> experts will walk the scarred landscape, measuring path width, cataloging damage, and assigning an Enhanced Fujita<\/strong> rating. For residents, the reckoning has already begun: a collapsed silo here, a crumpled porch swing there\u2014each ruptured landmark a fresh reminder of the storm\u2019s sudden, savage force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, a damaging tornado slashed through Oconto County, leaving twisted hardwoods and shredded rooftops between Oconto and Lena. Frantic calls poured in as the roaring vortex gouged a ragged path across the Wisconsin countryside, scattering debris across soy fields and gravel lanes. The National Weather Service had already issued multiple tornado […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":6398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n