Overview
- A line of severe convective storms moved through southeastern Wisconsin on Tuesday night, uprooting large trees, smashing vehicles and damaging homes across Milwaukee.
- Utility reports say outages peaked at about 40,000 customers in the We Energies service area and that more than 19,000 customers remained without power as of 7:50 a.m. Wednesday.
- Milwaukee Department of Public Works crews and We Energies crews worked overnight and through Wednesday to clear downed trees, reopen streets and begin phased power restoration.
- Several high-profile impacts include a tree that fell onto Wy'East Pizza near 55th and Vliet and a massive tree that crushed a red Nissan on Girard Street, reflecting concentrated damage in multiple neighborhoods.
- The National Weather Service will survey damage in southeastern Washington and northeastern Waukesha counties to decide whether tornadic circulations occurred, a finding that will shape official event classification, aid and insurance claims.