|
|
Date
|
Tornado/Windstorm
|
| 1876 |
January - windstorm in Union
& Porter townships |
| 1883 |
Beloit - cyclone [photo
essay at the Beloit
Historical Society] |
| 1908 - June 30 |
Evansville & Edgerton hit
hardest by tornado; damage estimated at $50,000 |
| 1911 - Nov. 11 |
- The infamous "11-11-11" tornado (an F4); touched
down near Brodhead, moved eastward into Rock County; hit Milton
(destroyed Milton Gas Works), Orfordville, Janesville and Hanover;
9 dead
|
| 1931 |
Sept. 21 - tornado through
Rock and Jefferson Counties; Hugh A. WHITFORD, a farmer who resided
two miles north of Milton Junction, is killed; 265 families are
affected and damage was estimated at $500,000 |
| 1934 |
June 20 - cyclone hits the
Evansville area |
| 1955 |
May 28 - tornado hits Janesville. |
| 1965 |
April 11 (Palm Sunday) - tornado
hits Monroe in Green County and northern Rock County |
| 1967 |
Jan. 24 - tornado destroys
part of the Janesville Country Club |
| 1979 |
June 9 - tornado hits Monroe
in Green County and Evansville and Edgerton areas in Rock County |
