Power Outage in Beaver Dam, WI

Power lines downed in the town of Portland and Beaver Dam. Tree damage on the northeast side of Watertown.

Numerous trees and power lines down in Beaver Dam.

Westerly wind gusts of 40 to 45 mph. Scattered tree limbs down and some power outages.

Several trees and power lines down in the Beaver Dam area.

A tree down on a power line.

Scattered downed trees and limbs across the county with some falling on power lines.

Straight line wind damage collapsed the roofs of three old barns and partially collapsed the roof of a pole barn. Many large tree branches snapped and some whole trees downed. Many power lines down. Some fields of corn were laid over on an angle.

Newspaper articles indicated numerous trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 70 mph (61 knots) along a path from 2 miles north of Portland to 3 miles east of Ashippun.

Strong gradient winds downed tree branches and power lines, causing scattered power outages across Dodge County.

Law enforcement officials reported damage from severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 knots (75 mph) in a 4-mile wide swath from north of Portland to north of Ashippun. The damaging winds downed numerous trees and power lines.

The Dodge County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down in a 4-mile wide swath from Kekoskee to east of Brownsville from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 64 mph (56 knots).

Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled many large trees in a wide path of about 10 miles, and broken tree branches brought down some power-lines. One vehicle in Beaver Dam was damaged by tree debris.

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

Strong southeast wake-low winds gusting to 39 knots (45 mph) resulted in scattered reports of broken tree branches damaging power-lines.

Trees and power-lines down.

Trees and power lines down.

Three trees, 1 powerline, and 1 cable line were reported down due to powerful thunderstorm winds.

Short lines or clusters of severe thunderstorms moved southeast across parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin, producing downbursts of straight-line winds and large hail. Just west of Fox Lake (Dodge Co.), the powerful winds demolished a shed and blew it onto a road. Southwest of Fox Lake the winds blew down county road signs. On the Milwaukee-Sullivan WSR-88D Doppler radar system, a decent mesocyclone was evident with a thunderstorm that moved southeast across the far northwest part of Columbia County into northwest Dodge County. The lack of low level boundaries ahead of this storm may have played a part in diminishing the lower atmosphere's ability to spin up into a tornado.

Isolated, pulse-type, severe thunderstorms popped up during the overnight hours across parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin. The large hail near Danville (just east of the city of Columbus in Columbia Co.) covered the ground. Several large trees were toppled by powerful wind gusts (estimated at 52 knots, or 60 mph), just east of Monroe in Green County.