Power Outage in Menomonie, WI

There were over a dozen pine trees that were snapped off above the base, northwest of Weston. A few power poles were also broken. There were also unconfirmed reports of more trees and power lines down across southern Dunn County, but additional information was not available.

Some power outages noted east and north of Menomonie, along with isolated areas of trees blown down.

Some power outages noted east and north of Menomonie, along with isolated areas of trees blown down.

Dunn County had reports of scattered minor damage across the county. There were a few areas that had more power outages related to downed trees and power lines. One area in the northwest portion of the county was between Connorsville and Boyceville.

Scattered trees and power lines were blown down near and south of Menomonie. One of the trees damaged an apartment building near a high school.

A downburst likely occurred in the city of Menomonie as a few power lines were blown down, and a large tree was snapped off 10 feet above the ground on the north side of Menomonie.

A downburst likely occurred in the city of Menomonie as a few power lines were blown down, and a large tree was snapped off 10 feet above the ground on the north side of Menomonie.

A trained spotter reported several trees that were blown down, and a few power poles damaged south of Menomonie.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down throughout the city of Menomonie and the adjacent town of Cedar Falls. Approximately 6000 customers were affected by power outages due to downed power lines.

An 8 inch diameter tree was toppled along with some power lines blown down.

Straight-line winds caused considerable damage from near the Pierce/Dunn County line, eastward to the city of Menomonie, including numerous uprooted trees and power lines blown down.

Straight-line winds caused considerable damage from near the Pierce/Dunn County line, eastward to the city of Menomonie, including numerous uprooted trees and power lines blown down.

One home received partial structural damage. Light poles and power lines were also reported down.

Large four inch branches down at intersection of 29th and 21st St. Power lines and street lights were also downed in Menomonie.

Trees and power lines were downed.

Power lines were downed.

Trees and power lines were downed. A garage was damaged by a fallen tree on Tainter Street. A dock and boat were also damaged.

A powerful late spring system produced a band of very heavy snow across the region on the evening of March 31, and ending during the early morning of April 01. Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour combined with northwest winds of 25 to near 35 mph hour. This was a heavy, wet snow, and as a result there were power outages with the highest snowfall amounts across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. In some areas, recovery lasted multiple days before full power was restored.||A few noteable snowfall amounts are:|15.0 inches near Ladysmith in Rusk County.|13.0 inches near New Richmond in St. Croix County.|11.5 inches near Amery in Polk County.|11.0 inches near Chetek in Barron County.|10.0 inche near Boyceville in Dunn County.|8.0 inches near Elssworth in Pierce County.

A powerful late spring system produced a band of very heavy snow across the region on the evening of March 31, and ending during the early morning of April 01 (see corresponding entry for April). Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour combined with northwest winds of 25 to near 35 mph hour. This was a heavy, wet snow, and as a result there were power outages with the highest snowfall amounts across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. In some areas, recovery lasted multiple days before full power was restored.||A few notable snowfall amounts are:|15.0 inches near Ladysmith in Rusk County.|13.0 inches near New Richmond in St. Croix County.|11.5 inches near Amery in Polk County.|11.0 inches near Chetek in Barron County.|10.0 inches near Boyceville in Dunn County.|8.0 inches near Ellsworth in Pierce County.

A storm system began to strengthen late Monday night across the central plains in advance of a powerful southern jet stream that intensified over the center part of the country on Tuesday. The center of this storm moved from northern Missouri northeast across the Midweek and eastern Great Lakes region by late Tuesday night.||A large area of light to moderate precipitation developed across southern and central Minnesota early Tuesday morning and moved northeast while heavier precipitation started to develop across south central, and into east central Minnesota, and adjacent west-central Wisconsin Tuesday morning. This secondary area of higher reflectivity was in response to the deepening southern jet and associated upper level forcing. This led to moderate to occasional heavy snowfall across parts of west central Wisconsin. A band of 4 to 10 inches of snow fell from the southeastern Twin Cities metro area, northeast across west central Wisconsin from Red Wing, to Rice Lake and Ladysmith.||Some of the higher snowfall totals include:||9.5 inches near Baldwin.|8.0 inches near Boyceville. |7.7 inches south of River Falls. |7.5 inches near Wheeler. |7.5 inches in Roberts.|7.1 inches in River Falls.|7.0 inches in Chetek.

The severe thunderstorm that produced wind damage across eastern Goodhue County in Minnesota, moved east-northeast across west central Wisconsin during the early afternoon. A wind gust of 75 mph occurred at the Red Wing Airport in Pierce County. As the storm continued to move through Pierce, Dunn and Chippewa Counties of west central Wisconsin, several reports of down trees and power lines occurred.

During the afternoon of Tuesday, July 21st, a few thunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary over east-central Minnesota. Several spotters and storm chasers were following these storms as the storms moved into Wisconsin. ||The storm that moved into Polk County had a consistent funnel cloud associated with it with a brief tornado touchdown near Clear Lake and then again near Arland. Another storm developed across northern Dunn County and produced an EF0 tornado northeast of Wheeler. More storms developed over southeast Dunn and central Chippewa Counties to produce the majority of the damage. ||The worst damage occurred in the city of Cadott where numerous trees, power lines and a few structures were damaged as it moved through the town before dissipating.||The two tornadoes in Chippewa County had an average path length of 3 to 4 miles and an average width of 75 yards.

During the evening of Sunday, June 28th, a complex of thunderstorms that developed across Iowa previously, moved slowly northward across southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin before stalling Monday morning. During the onset of the heavier rainfall, a few storms caused wind damage near Tainter Lake and Colfax, but most of the damage was minor with a few large tree limbs and power lines blown down. ||Deep moisture convergence along the axis of thunderstorms, training along the periphery of the the numerous boundaries, combined with PWAT values of 1.7 to 1.9 inches which is over the 99th percentile value, caused extreme rainfall rates. ||Before the flash flooding event developed, there was an hour or two during Sunday evening that dropped locally one to two inches of rainfall in the areas that received more torrential rainfall in the early morning hours. ||There was one main band of excessive rainfall that occurred in west central Wisconsin during the early morning. This area was from Prescott, northeast toward River Falls and Baldwin. Based on the return period from precipitation amounts in a specific time frame, the values were a 100-200 year event. Flash flood guidance values were 1.5 to 2 times above normal. ||As the runoff continued through the morning, the flash flood event become more areal flooding as the flood waters receded into creeks, streams, and eventually the mainstem rivers. Other areas that experienced flooding but not as significant include the New Richland Golf Course. The St. Croix County Sheriff Office documented the flood damage the next day from their drone. From the video, you could see numerous culverts and roads that were washed away including crop fields (near the creeks and streams) that were inundated nearly 24 hours after the initial rainfall started. ||Some of the higher rainfall totals around the area are as follows.||Emerald measured 9.84 inches.|Baldwin measured 8.72 inches. |River Falls measured 6.34 to 7.82 inches around the city. |Roberts measured 7.24 inches. |Menomonie measured 5.08 to 5.64 inches around the city.

Thunderstorms developed along the leading edge of an outflow boundary from earlier thunderstorms across the Twin Cities Metro area. These storms became severe in portions of west-central Wisconsin and caused damage to mostly trees and power lines from embedded bow echoes.

An area of low pressure that developed across the Central Plains Monday evening, October 25, quickly intensified the morning of Tuesday, October 26th, as it moved northward across Minnesota. ||Intense pressure drops, combined with the strong pressure gradient, caused wind speeds in Wisconsin to increase during the afternoon, which continued through Wednesday morning. ||Widespread sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph, with gusts over 50 mph, were common from the late afternoon through the night, before tapering off Wednesday morning.||There were numerous reports of power outages during the height of the storm with more than 200,000 customers without power from Xcel Energy across Minnesota and Wisconsin.