Northern WI Storms
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indy_500
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I was without power for 36 hrs. I live in Hortonville where a recorded F1 touched down. No damage at my place but tons all around me. Buddy of mine lost 40 trees him and his old man planted 10 years ago on their 3 acre lot
Barns picked up and leveled. Trees fallen on cars you name it. Hope to never go through that again
I was nosey and kept coming upstairs to look as it was happening and it was VERY hard to watch. The whole house was shaking and you couldnt see ANYTHING. Literally 15 foot limbs of trees flying through the air.
Barns picked up and leveled. Trees fallen on cars you name it. Hope to never go through that again
I was nosey and kept coming upstairs to look as it was happening and it was VERY hard to watch. The whole house was shaking and you couldnt see ANYTHING. Literally 15 foot limbs of trees flying through the air.
srt20
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I have a camper in Langlade county. I went up Saturday to check out the damage. Millions of trees down. Roads blocked. Many buildings/houses damaged. I got lucky, just some dents from a glancing blow of a fallen tree. Tree on my shed, towards top of the tree. I think shed should be fine or just shingle damage.
We have at least 4 campers with massive damage. Trees sawed 2 of them right in half. All campers have at least some damage. Im guessing insurance will scrap at least 6 of them. Few trucks destroyed. 1 guy lost his newer truck, newer enclosed trailer, and camper. His UTV survived, but he had to have either his or his wife's mother come pick them up.
Road crews were using snowplows to clear roads, loggers where using their big rigs to cut trees out of roadway.
The amount of force that mother nature used is unbelievable. And the length of the storm path is unreal. I guess the NWS is calling the storms, "derecho's" (spelling? frnash?).
On a side note, Saturday I drove up hwy 45. I somehow perfectly timed hitting the tornado that crossed 45 just south of New London. I didnt know there was a tornado, I could hardly see where I was going. But I have not been scared of a storm in my adult life. I was damn scared when I made it to New London and parked in a carwash for a bit.
I watched power lines flash and go down with trees. I tried to take a side road. The side roads were all blocked with down trees. I ended up going over the power line.
We have at least 4 campers with massive damage. Trees sawed 2 of them right in half. All campers have at least some damage. Im guessing insurance will scrap at least 6 of them. Few trucks destroyed. 1 guy lost his newer truck, newer enclosed trailer, and camper. His UTV survived, but he had to have either his or his wife's mother come pick them up.
Road crews were using snowplows to clear roads, loggers where using their big rigs to cut trees out of roadway.
The amount of force that mother nature used is unbelievable. And the length of the storm path is unreal. I guess the NWS is calling the storms, "derecho's" (spelling? frnash?).
On a side note, Saturday I drove up hwy 45. I somehow perfectly timed hitting the tornado that crossed 45 just south of New London. I didnt know there was a tornado, I could hardly see where I was going. But I have not been scared of a storm in my adult life. I was damn scared when I made it to New London and parked in a carwash for a bit.
I watched power lines flash and go down with trees. I tried to take a side road. The side roads were all blocked with down trees. I ended up going over the power line.
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With John being a meteorologist I mean no disrespect personally in this post.
But, how could the TV weather folk in Green Bay (I live 10 miles south of G.B.) not see this coming and put out a decent awareness on it Friday night?
-I watched the 10PM weather and was told 20% chance of rain for Saturday. I planned to get up Saturday morning, get the car washed detail it and put back in the garage.
-Fast forward to 10AM Saturday morning and no warnings of any kind out there.
-At 11AM I drove my Wife to work and all seemed normal.
-At 11:30AM I got home and the weather radio was blaring tornado warning and I verified with the local news station and went in the basement.
Anyway, not being educated in the weather provides the appearance to me nobody saw it coming.
Bear
That weather setup was admittedly very hard to predict. With the stalled warm front and pulling moisture north. I agree though you would think there would be a better warning in 2019.... We got some wind here and a ton of rain but nothing severe. Hope everyone is getting back to normal!!
srt20
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I watched some satellite images after the fact and the derecho's clearly started in mid MN and kept building and rolling through WI. Absolutely no reason why this wasnt issued watches and warnings well ahead of time. With the severity of these storms, the whole state could have been under a watch if they were not sure the direction it was to take, though the images are pretty clear on the path anyway.
The NWS messed up. Cant do anything about it now, and Im sure they will try to be better in warning the public next time.
snobuilder
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Wowza.....we were in the Mauston Park Oasis for a late breakfast around 1030 Sat AM. The storm went through about 5 minutes after we sat down. The main part of it was just to our north and had no where near the intensity in Mauston that it must have developed as it went across the rest of the state!
As we got back on 94 and then 53 north of Eau Claire and onto to our destination there was about 60 mile stretch where we occasionally saw snapped off poplars and pines.
Amazing to see some of those pictures. Storm didn't seem to get much press. Must have been enough bad sh*t going in the news to take precedent. Take a look at these stats:
The NE Wisconsin July 19 blow down affected over 150 sq miles, flattening hundreds of thousands of trees. The 23 tornadoes combined affected less than 4 sq miles.
Credit Jeff Last https://twitter.com/JeffLast/status/1156636306476285953
The area of 80-90mph winds was in an area I rode for first time last year in Langlade. We were just off Pickerel lake.
I have a feeling that area is going to look completely different.
The NE Wisconsin July 19 blow down affected over 150 sq miles, flattening hundreds of thousands of trees. The 23 tornadoes combined affected less than 4 sq miles.
Credit Jeff Last https://twitter.com/JeffLast/status/1156636306476285953
The area of 80-90mph winds was in an area I rode for first time last year in Langlade. We were just off Pickerel lake.
I have a feeling that area is going to look completely different.
WorkHardPlayHrd
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Right now it's all about getting trees and debris off roads. They won't even have time to hit the damage to the trails right now.
srt20
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On July 22 I would have said no way in he!! the atv OR snowmobile trails open up before next spring.
But the clubs and counties have brought in the big dogs and have been hitting the trails hard already. I think they will have the ATV trails open yet this summer/fall. After they get those done, Im sure they will get the sled trails that arent atv trails in summer, Lilly area trails.
But the clubs and counties have brought in the big dogs and have been hitting the trails hard already. I think they will have the ATV trails open yet this summer/fall. After they get those done, Im sure they will get the sled trails that arent atv trails in summer, Lilly area trails.
Yes - very impressive. Trying to find someone to clear some trees at my aunt's house and its been a pain.