Overview

• A woman died and a man was critically injured when an 80 mph gust toppled a cottonwood tree onto their vehicle at Two Rivers State Park before dawn on August 9.
• High winds across eastern Nebraska knocked down trees, ripped off roofs and pulled down power lines, leaving more than 18,500 customers without electricity as of Sunday morning.
• Two housing units at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln were damaged by the storms, forcing authorities to relocate 387 inmates to alternate facilities.
• Storms in eastern Wisconsin brought gusts up to 60 mph, triggering flood warnings in Milwaukee-area counties, closing stretches of interstates 43, 41 and 94 and flooding most runways at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport.
• Crews are conducting damage assessments and restoring power in Nebraska and Wisconsin as forecasters warn of another round of severe weather for the region through Sunday.