Storms Blast Milwaukee Area, 15,000 Without Power

MILWAUKEE -- A short burst of powerful storms blasted the Milwaukee area late Thursday morning, knocking out power to almost 15,000 residents within a matter of minutes.

By noon, the storms were passing south over Kenosha on their way over Lake Michigan, but by then, the storms wreaked havoc in the Milwaukee area. Here is a list of those without power as of noon on Thursday:

Municipalities

Caledonia (Village) 1,119
Glendale (City) 386
Greenfield (City) 433
Milwaukee (City) 6,378
Mount Pleasant (Village) 65
Racine (City) 48
Saint Francis (City) 1,151
Shorewood (Village) 5
Waukesha (City) 49
Wauwatosa (City) 2,817
West Allis (City) 1,673
Whitefish Bay (Village) 1,956

Here is a collection of images taken as the storm was approaching the Milwaukee area this morning. As you can see, it appeared ominous.

Counties

Milwaukee
Outages: 77
Customers affected: 14,824

Waukesha
Outages: 3
Customers affected: 150

Racine
Outages: 11
Customers affected: 1,234