WINDS IN AREA GET PRETTY FEISTY TREES AND LIMBS BLOCK ROADS, AND SOME POWER LINES COME DOWN.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)

From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: April 19, 2004| Author: Kittner, Gena | Copyright information

Byline: Gena Kittner Wisconsin State Journal

Downed trees and limbs blocked roads and took down power lines Sunday night as high winds whipped through the area.

A wind advisory was in effect from Sunday until 3 a.m. today, with winds hitting 50 mph in some parts of southwestern Wisconsin.

About 800 people on Madison's far East Side were without power around 7 p.m. Sunday when a large tree limb hit a power line near Highway T, said Steve Kraus, spoke...

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