REWEY, Wis. -- A line of severe thunderstorms knocked out power to thousands and left damage across parts of southern Wisconsin Friday night.
The National Weather Service's office in Sullivan received multiple reports of tornadoes in Walworth County and damage reports from Grant, Iowa, Green and Jefferson counties.
Late Friday night, the NWS said it plans to survey multiple areas where tornado damage was reported, including near Stoughton, Rockdale, Lake Ripley and Sharon. So far, it has not confirmed any tornado touchdowns from Friday's storm.
Damage surveys will be conducted on Saturday (4/1) for the tornado damage 1) from Sharon to west of East Troy (Walworth County) and 2) from between Stoughton and Rockdale (eastern Dane County) to Lake Ripley (western Jefferson County). Other areas may be surveyed as well. #swiwx
In Rewey, a building came down at Burnham Lumber and debris was blown into a nearby field, according to the village's fire department. No homes were damaged.
The Brodhead area also saw storm damage; the city's fire department reported damage on Golf Course Road and bent power poles near Decatur Dairy.
At one point, more than 11,000 Alliant Energy customers across the state lost power. As of 11:55 p.m., the company reported more than 1,600 customers in Walworth County and nearly 600 in Rock County were in the dark. Outages in southwestern Wisconsin were mostly restored by late Friday night.
We Energies reported more than 800 customers in Walworth County were still without power as of 11:55 p.m.; other counties in south-central Wisconsin had fewer than 100 We Energies customers in the dark as of that time.
At peak, MG&E reported around 200 customers were without power, primarily in the southeastern part of Fitchburg and the Dudgeon-Monroe and Williamson Street neighborhoods of Madison. By midnight, power had been restored to all but a few customers.
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