Overview
- We Energies' outage map showed more than 20,000 customers without power early Thursday morning, and the total rose to over 24,000 by about 10:40 a.m., with the largest concentration in Milwaukee County.
- The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for parts of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties that remained in effect through 12:15 p.m.
- Radar estimates indicated between 1 and 3 inches of rain in parts of northern Milwaukee, Waukesha and Ozaukee counties, which contributed to localized flood threats on roads.
- NWS Milwaukee-Sullivan warned storms would become severe off and on during the morning and said damaging winds were the primary concern, prompting officials to urge people to avoid flooded roads and prepare for outages.
- The storms follow other recent severe-weather events in the region and could complicate crews' restoration work, so residents should report outages to We Energies and expect possible travel and service disruptions today.