Heading into Memorial Day weekend, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is warning of damage, downed power lines and debris at many state parks from Tuesday’s powerful storms.
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Photos: Tuesday's powerful storms wreak havoc on Madison area
Debbie Thorp surveys a fallen white oak tree and the damage it caused to her vehicle on her property at the intersection of Hickory and Pine Streets in Madison Wednesday. Estimated to be 250 to 300 years old, it is considered to be one of the state’s largest and oldest white oaks. Thorp has her own long history with the tree, having spent most of her life living at the home her parent’s purchased before she was born.
Gary Gates views a fallen white oak tree in the yard of a neighbor’s home at the intersection of Hickory and Pine Streets in Madison Wednesday. Estimated to be between 250-300 years old, it is considered to be one of the state’s largest and oldest white oaks.
A fallen tree rests on a vehicle along West Badger Road after a strong overnight storm system moved through the Madison, Wis. area Wednesday, May 22, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Madison Fire Department personnel tend to a fallen cable line that obstructed traffic on West Badger Road following an overnight storm in Madison, Wis. Wednesday, May 22, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Bill Swift clears a portion of a fallen Norway maple tree branch that was blocking the sidewalk in front of his Roby Street home following an overnight storm that moved through the Madison, Wis. area Wednesday, May 22, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Cassie Whiting cleans up debris outside her home after a tree had fallen on the garage from Tuesday night’s storm in Verona, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Rick Reuschlein, with is granddaughter, Molly Scheeler, 12, left, shows the boxelder tree that uprooted and fell on his home during Tuesday night’s storm in Verona, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Reuschlein, who has lived in the home with his wife, Janeen, since 1978, said he lost a majority of the trees on his property from the storm. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Roly Tvedt shows where the pine tree broke off and landed on his vehicle during Tuesday night’s storm at his home in Verona, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Ethan Scheeler, 14, of Madison, helps clean up debris at his grandparent’s home after Tuesday night’s storm damaged a number of trees on Rick and Janeen Reuschlein’s property in Verona, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Roly Tvedt cleans up after Tuesday night’s storm damaged several of the pine trees at his home in Verona, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Elisa Salinas piles up brush on the curb outside her neighbor’s house as she cleans up her yard and helps with others from Tuesday night’s storm in Verona, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Cassie Whiting cleans up debris outside her home after a tree had fallen on her garage from Tuesday night’s storm in Verona, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Rick Reuschlein looks at the tree damage on his property from Tuesday night’s storm in Verona, Wis., Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Reuschlein, who has lived in the home with his wife, Janeen, since 1978, said he lost a majority of his trees from the storm. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Crews clean up Wednesday after a tree fell into power lines on Rosa Road on Madison's West Side. The city experienced 500 outage incidents, the most at one time in Madison Gas and Electric's history.
A fallen tree blocks Whitcomb Drive on Madison's West Side.
Caution tape blocked motorists from using Old Sauk Road on Madison;s Far West Side.
A biker is turned back on Old Sauk Road by an employee with Madison Gas and Electric. The normally busy road was closed Wednesday due to downed power lines and trees. The road is also home to Crestwood Elementary School, which, along with all other Madison public schools, was closed Wednesday.
Old Sauk Road was closed Wednesday from Blue Ridge Parkway to Old Middleton Road due to downed trees and power lines.
Strong winds took down this tree and upended a slab of sidewalk on Ozark Trail on Madison's Far West Side.
Dave Gilman used a small chainsaw on a pole to to cut branches from a downed tree on Ozark Trail on Madison's Far West Side. He was able to remove enough branches so that residents on the street could drive out of the neighborhood.
The hostas were fine but this tree on Ozark Trail didn't fare as well from Tuesday night's storms.
A broken power pole leans over Old Sauk Road near Owen Conservancy on Wednesday morning.
A fallen tree at the corner of Tramore Trail and Darien Dive on Madison’s Far West Side Wednesday. Dozens of Madison streets were closed after Tuesday night's storm, and Madison Gas and Electric says it could be days before power is restored to some customers.
Shannel Trudeau Yancey stands in her front yard in the 300 block of Edward Street in Verona with her dog, Leo, mourning the loss of the maple tree she planted about 15 years ago that now lies on its side, broken through at the base of its trunk.
Jake Anderson, Monona Parks and Recreation Director, center, clears brush down by the shoreline on Lake Monona at the San Damiano property Wednesday after the storm
City of Monona crews clean up the San Damiano property Wednesday morning after the park lost three large maple trees in the storm.
The San Damiano property in Monona lost three large maple trees in the storm.
A power pole along Rosa Road at Garner Park snapped off at its base, leaving it askew thanks to a tree that had fallen across the street.
Madison forestry crews worked Wednesday to remove a fallen tree on Driftwood Court near Garner Park.
Crews from MG&E work Wednesday on power lines along Rosa Road on Madison's West Side.
A small portion of Garner Park was taped off and a one-block section of Rosa Road was closed Wednesday due to a down tree and a broken power pole.
John Amundson works in his front yard on South Yellowstone Drive to remove parts of a black locust tree that fell Tuesday night. Amundson's home and his neighbors nearby fence escape unscathed and Amundson did not lose power.
A truck with a claw works to remove a downed tree Wednesday at the intersection of Glacier and South Yellowstone drives, located just north of Memorial High School.
Residents of a neighborhood just north of Memorial High School gather Wednesday to take in the sights of a large maple tree that had toppled over on Colony Drive.
The massive root system of a fallen maple tree is exposed Wednesday on Colony Drive on Madison's West Side.
An MG&E employee rolls a power line that was downed Tuesday night at this home on Rosa Road.
An MG&E employee rolls a power line that was downed Tuesday night at this home on Rosa Road.
A home on Driftwood Court in the Crestwood Neighborhood is seen through a tree that was splintered by Tuesday night's storm.
Trees smother a home and two vehicles in this Middleton driveway along Park Street.
Barbara Nilsson looks over home on Violet Place in Middleton where a large tree branch rests on the incoming power line. Despite the predicament, Nilsson did not lose power.
Old Sauk Road remained closed Wednesday after several power poles snapped and trees covered the roadway near Owen Conservancy.
Workers cleanup fallen tree limbs outside Capitol after a storm on May 22, 2024.
