Power Outage in Fond Du Lac, WI

Scattered trees and power lines down in Fond du Lac. Penny size hail reported with the high winds. A tree down on a fence.

Scattered trees and power lines down in Fond du Lac. Penny size hail reported with the high winds. A tree down on a fence.

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

Scattered tree branches and power lines down.

Tornado was 1 of 19 tornadoes that occurred across central to east central Wisconsin on the afternoon of August 28th. This tornado went just north of the Town of Alto and crossed Hwy 49. Large farm buildings and sheds damaged with one of them destroyed. | Power poles leaning to the south along Hemp Rd. Widespread straight line winds caused significant tree and crop damage across the county as well.

Six to ten inches of sleet and snow accumulation. A glaze of ice and brisk winds before the snow and sleet caused tree branches to fall on power lines.

A tree down on power lines.

Numerous reports of trees and powerlines down across the southern portion of the county.

Thunderstorm wind gusts measured at 58 mph (50 knots) blew a tree down on a garage on the east side of Fond Du Lac, and also brought down a few power lines.

Snowfall totals of 3 to 5 inches made for slick roads and dangerous driving conditions. A street located on a hill in Ripon became impassible as cars stalled and slid back down the hill. A tree was set on fire when a live power line, weighted down by the heavy, wet snow, snapped and made contact with the tree.

Severe thunderstorms with strong wind gusts produced damage across central Fond Du Lac County. The damaging winds downed power lines and trees, knocking out power to businesses and homes on the west side of the city of Fond Du Lac.

Fond Du Lac County sheriff deputies reported large tree limbs and power lines blown down by damaging thunderstorm winds estimated at 50 knots (58 mph).

The Fond Du Lac County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down and blocking a few roads as well as power lines and telephone lines blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 64 mph (56 knots). The damage occurred in a 3-mile wide swath from Byron to north of Cambellsport.

Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled large trees. Gust was measured in St. Peter.

Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled large trees. Gust was measured in St. Peter.

Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees.

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

Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees.

Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees.

Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees.

Trees and power lines down.

Trees and power-lines down.

Scattered thunderstorms developed along a cold front as itr crossed Wisconsin during the afternoon of July 26th, producing gusty winds and small hail. A single cell strengthened to severe levels over the city of Fond Du Lac, producing wind gusts measured at Marian University at 58 mph (50 knots). A tree was blown down on a garage on the east side of the city. The tree also brought down a few power lines.

An outflow boundary from a line of strong thunderstorms that dropped south with a cold front across Southeast Wisconsin and eastern portions of South Central Wisconsin produced gusty winds that briefly pulsed up to severe levels over Fond Du Lac County during the late afternoon hours of July 17th. Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines were downed by the gusty winds in the City of Fond Du Lac even though no thunderstorm cells actually moved over the city.

A warm frontal zone, extending southeast from low pressure in the Northern Plains across Minnesota, Wisconsin and into northern Illinois, marked the leading edge of a hot and humid air mass over the Upper Midwest. A low-level jet moving over this front was the impetus for the development of severe thunderstorm clusters with short bowing segments that moved from west central Wisconsin to Southeast Wisconsin late in the evening of July 19th into the early morning of July 20th. The storm clusters produced damaging wind gusts that felled trees and blew down power lines from Marquette and Green Lake counties through Fond Du Lac County into Dodge County.

The remains of a mesoscale convective complex moved into northeastern sections of Southeast Wisconsin. The complex produced damaging thunderstorm winds that broke off large tree limbs and dropped power lines near Fond Du Lac.

A cluster of storms pulsed up to severe weather limits as it moved southeast through the northeastern part of Green Lake County through the western part of Fond du Lac County. Powerful, downburst, straight-line winds gusting to estimated 52 knots (60 mph) toppled large trees. Some large hail was noted as well. Synpotically, a short-wave aloft moved east across southern Wisconsin as a low-level cap/inversion broke due to daytime heating.

Scattered, early morning severe thunderstorms, packing damaging downburst winds, and many lightning strikes, moved through southeast Wisconsin. Estimated winds gusts around 52 knots (60 mph) toppled large trees or broke off many large tree limbs in the Waupun area (Fond du Lac), the central part of Dodge County from Juneau to Mayville, and in the West Bend area (Washington Co.). Lightning strikes damaged 5 power stations in the Waupun area, and started a fire that completely burned a barn near Farmersville (Dodge Co.). Brief, heavy rains accompanied the storms, resulting in urban/small stream flooding in and around Juneau (Dodge Co.). The Emergency Management of Dodge County reported 2.50 inches of rain at Juneau with many area roads under 1/2 to 1 foot of water. Visibility during the heavy rains was as low as 50 yards. In addition, small hail (1/4 inch in diameter) was reported around Juneau, as well as in Milwaukee County. Several lightning strikes around West Bend (Washington Co.) and Port Washington (Ozaukee Co.), knocked out power lines and/or transformers, resulting in 2000 customers in those cities losing electrical power. One lightning bolt struck a West Bend home, starting a self-extinguishing fire that left about $1200 in damage. In addition, 2.5 to 3.0 inches of rain fell in the West Bend area during the pre-dawn hours, leading to urban flooding in that city. West Bend residents said the streets looked like "waterfalls."

Intense, frequent lightning strikes accompanied thunderstorms moving through the city of Fond du Lac. Several power poles and lines were downed by the lightning strikes.