Power Outage in Baraboo, WI

Numerous reports of multiple trees, limbs, and powerlines downed. The hardest hit areas were from North Freedom to Loganville to Baraboo. There was one report of roof damage to a garage and a chicken coop that was blown over.

A swath of scattered large trees, tree limbs, and power lines down across the county.

A swath of scattered large trees, tree limbs, and power lines down across the county.

Westerly wind gusts 45 to 50 mph. Scattered tree limbs down and some power outages.

Numerous trees and power lines down in the Baraboo area.

Trees and power lines down in the far western portions of the county.

Dozens of trees and power lines down in Baraboo, Lake Delton, and surrounding areas. Trees reported down on houses and cars, and Interstate 94. Law enforcement reported trees were down throughout the county.

Dozens of trees and power lines down in Baraboo, Lake Delton, and surrounding areas. Trees reported down on houses and cars, and Interstate 94. Law enforcement reported trees were down throughout the county.

The Sauk County 911 center received reports of tree and power line damage in a 10-mile wide swath from 5 miles west of Hill Point to 8 miles east of Baraboo due to powerful thunderstorm wind gusts that were estimated at 70 mph (61 knots). A shed was blown down on Coon Bluff Road northwest of Baraboo. The line of thunderstorms produced a gustnado 7 miles east of Baraboo, however only some minor tree damage was reported with the gustnado.

The Sauk County 911 center received reports of tree and power line damage in a 10-mile wide swath from 5 miles west of Hill Point to 8 miles east of Baraboo due to powerful thunderstorm wind gusts that were estimated at 70 mph (61 knots). A shed was blown down on Coon Bluff Road northwest of Baraboo. The line of thunderstorms produced a gustnado 7 miles east of Baraboo, however only some minor tree damage was reported with the gustnado.

Sauk County 911 Call Center personnel reported trees and power lines were blown down by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph) along a path from 5 miles southeast of Baraboo to Merrimac.

Sauk County 911 Call Center personnel reported trees and power lines were blown down by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph) along a path from 3 miles south of Rock Springs to 5 miles south-southwest of Baraboo.

Sauk County 911 Call Center personnel reported trees and power lines were blown down by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph) along a path from 3 miles south of Rock Springs to 5 miles south-southwest of Baraboo.

Several rounds of thunderstorms produced heavy rain that closed numerous roads, with 1 to 3 feet of water covering the roadways and washing out gravel shoulders. In addition, the thunderstorms knocked over a tree onto power lines that started a small fire along Highway 136 near North Freedom.

Several rounds of thunderstorms produced heavy rain that closed numerous roads, with 1 to 3 feet of water covering the roadways and washing out gravel shoulders. In addition, the thunderstorms knocked over a tree onto power lines that started a small fire along Highway 136 near North Freedom.

Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees and broke branches that brought down some power-lines.

Powerful thunderstorm downburst winds gusting to an estimated 56 knots (65 mph) toppled several large trees. Tree branch debris knocked down some power lines.

Powerful thunderstorm downburst winds gusting to an estimated 56 knots (65 mph) toppled several large trees. Tree branch debris knocked down some power lines.

Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to 61 knots (70 mph) toppled many trees and damaged several power-lines. Some corn fields in the surrounding countryside were flattened by the winds.

This tornado spun up from the same supercell thunderstorm that spawned the "Viola" tornado earlier in Vernon and Richland counties. This Sauk County tornado spun up at 1633CST about 3.6 miles northeast of Leland, or about 1/4 mile south of the intersection of Ruff and Pine Hollow Roads. The tornado headed east-southeast for about 11.1 miles in Sauk County, and crossed the Columbia County line at 1655CST about 4.5 miles north-northeast of Prairie du Sac, between Wiegans Bay and a boat launch site. This tornado crossed CTH C about 0.5 mile west of Stones Pocket Road, and moved through old Badger Ammunition Plant just south of the greatest density of roads within the Plant grounds. This rain-wrapped tornado was video taped and photographed, and damaged many structures, trees, and power-lines. As for residential buildings, 10 received minor damage, 1 had major damage, and one was destroyed. One business building had minor damage. As for agricultural buildings, 5 received minor damage, and 6 were destroyed. This tornado was rated an F2 with estimated winds of 98-136 knots (113-157 mph). Average path width was about 150 yards.

Some large trees and power lines were knocked down.

A line of severe thunderstorms moved into Iowa and Sauk counties during the early evening hours of May 29th, with damaging wind gusts estimated up to 80 mph (70 knots) knocking down trees and power lines as well as causing roof damage to several homes and structural damage to outbuildings on a few farms. The line of severe storms had developed to the west of Wisconsin during the day, ahead of a mesoscale convective vorticity maximum. The increased southerly low-level flow ahead of this wave drew warm, moist and unstable air into the region that converged over western Wisconsin, with lift aided by the upper divergence associated with the exit region of an upper-level jet. The line weakened as it moved east into cooler and more stable air over eastern portions of the state.

Deepening surface low pressure produced a swath of wet snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches along with gusty northerly winds over parts of southcentral Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening of March 2nd. The low pressure responsible for this event deepened rapidly in response to a vigorous upper level short wave that crossed the western Great Lakes region. The surface low tracked from Missouri, across northern Illinois, to Lower Michigan during the afternoon and evening hours. Western sections of South Central Wisconsin were on the edge of the heaviest snowfall...but instability aloft was sufficient to produce elevated convection and thunder-snow. Brief snowfall rates between 1.5 and 2 inches per hour were common at the height of the event during the evening rush hour. The tight pressure gradient around the deep surface low produced gusty northeast to north winds up to 40 mph which occasionally reduced visibilities to near zero in the heavy snow. The heavy, wet snow collected on power lines and tree limbs, causing them to snap. There were numerous crashes and spin-outs during the storm. Refer to associated March 2nd Winter Storm event over the remainder of southcentral and southeast Wisconsin.

Strong and gusty northwest winds developed over South-Central Wisconsin behind a cold front trailing from rapidly strengthening low pressure that tracked across northern Wisconsin into northern Lower Michigan on Thursday, September 29th. The resulting tight pressure gradient over the state produced 850 mb winds of 45 knots (52 mph) and 925 mb winds of 35 to 40 knots (45 and 55 mph). Surface winds gusted between 45 mph and 54 mph (39 to 47 knots), driven by 3-hourly pressure rises on the order of 4 millibars. The strong winds toppled trees and downed power lines at scattered locations across South-Central Wisconsin.

A powerful low pressure center, passing south of Wisconsin, produced near blizzard conditions across portions of South Central Wisconsin from the evening hours of Tuesday, February 1st into the early morning of Wednesday, February 2nd. Snow associated with the system began in the mid-afternoon hours of February 1st in far southern Wisconsin and became heavy as it pushed northward into the state through the late afternoon and evening. Very strong winds were associated with this storm for an extended period of time. Sustained northeast winds of 25 to 30 mph were common through the event, with occasional gusts between 40 and 45 mph. The combination of gusty winds and heavy snow created widespread visibilities of a mile or less, with law enforcement reporting near-blizzard conditions at times. Twenty-four hour snowfall totals were between 4 and 8 inches, with 8 inches of snow measured by a cooperative observer 1 mile northeast of Baraboo (Sauk County); 5 inches at Markesan (Green Lake County) and 4.9 inches in Montello (Marquette County). In addition to the snow that fell during the blizzard, several inches of snow fell on Jan 31. It's possible that some locations did not see a break in snowfall between the evening of January 31st and the morning of February 2nd. Snow drifts of 1 to 3 feet were common.

Severe weather developed as a surface trough trailing a surface low pushed through the state, and warm, moist air fed into the developing convection. Winds gusted up to 56 knots (65 mph) at Reedsburg (Sauk Co.), knocking down trees, as well as power lines; in one specific case, onto a barn. Scattered hail reports reached up to 0.75" in diameter, and rainfall rates reached 1-2" an hour.

A cold front moving across the south-central part of the state into a moist, unstable airmass triggered thunderstorms the evening of the 20th. Powerful, gusty winds topped out at an estimated 56 knots (65 mph), knocking down trees in the cities of Edmund (Iowa Co.) and Marquette (Green Lake Co.), as well as at Mirror State Park (Sauk Co.) and Wisconsin Dells (Columbia Co.). Damage at these locations consisted of toppled trees and power-lines. Electrical power was out for about 2 hours in Wisconsin Dells.