After a pretty wild Friday, the weather has settled down here in Wisconsin. Lynne and I missed most of the big storms. Yesterday morning a series storms came through Kenosha, but most of the heavier stuff went north of us. As Lynne and I were driving to Madison we got into a little rain and saw a couple cloud to ground lightning strikes and then had some rain in Madison. That was about all for us.
The most severe thunderstorms were west and north of Madison yesterday. There was one tornado north of Madison in Portage that did some damage. The biggest thing with these storms was the rain. There were areas that reported up to 8 inches of rain yesterday. Lightning also did damage throughout the state hitting a few homes and a church in Milwaukee. The church was St Stephen’s and is over 100 years old. The strike started a fire and destroyed the steeple.
Today has been clear with no storms, but the wind is blowing pretty hard. On the drive back to Kenosha the wind started out of the north, changed to the south about half way to Milwaukee and then changed to the west on the south side of Milwaukee. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the wind change directions like that before.
Now the forecast is for more rain tomorrow and possible snow tomorrow night.
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