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2024 Hennepin County All -Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Volume 2 — Hazard Inventory <br />The winds resulted in 10 deaths, 34 <br />serious injuries, and at least $50 <br />million USD (2014) in damages. <br />Wisconsin was hardest hit, but <br />impacts were severe in Minnesota, <br />where a school bus was blown of the <br />road, and hunters in the Paul Bunyan <br />State Forest were stranded in heavy <br />snow and high winds because dozens <br />of fallen trees blocked all possible <br />exits. Near Foxhome in northwestern <br />MN, 27 consecutive power poles were <br />snapped. <br />The Milwaukee and Green Bay, WI <br />National Weather Service offices <br />collected detailed information on the <br />storm. Some of the worst impacts (all <br />Wisconsin) included: <br />Surface weather map, 12:00 PM CST, Nov 10, 1998. Shaded <br />area represents region of wind impacts. Dark area represents <br />hurricane force wind gusts. Base map generated from <br />Plymouth State Weather Center. <br />• Green Lake Co: barn leveled on outskirts of Berlin. Shingles ripped off business in Green Lake. <br />Light poles bent by wind in Berlin. <br />• Sauk Co: Shed demolished in Baraboo area. Tree fell on trailer near Lake Delton. Many trees <br />and power lines downed in eastern part of county near Wisconsin River, causing 1000 <br />outages. <br />• Columbia Co: 50-year-old woman killed when blown into Wisconsin River, where extreme <br />winds created powerful undercurrent. Semi -truck tipped over on 1-94. Columbus, a home's <br />brick chimney damaged, and roof of balcony ripped off. <br />• Iowa Co: elderly man near Cobb suffered head injury after being knocked down by a gust of <br />wind. Semi -truck driver injured when vehicle flipped over by wind gust on Highway 80, just <br />north of Stephens. Five other semi roll-overs in county. Apartment building and hotel in <br />Dodgeville sustained roof damage. New home under construction demolished. Barn collapsed <br />in rural Hollendale. New building destroyed near Spring Green. <br />• Dane Co: 87-year-old man died after car blown into him on north side of Madison. Capitol <br />Square business had window blown in. Several businesses in Mt. Horeb sustained wind <br />damage. Roof torn off multi -unit apartment building in Manona, and 4 other nearby buildings <br />also damaged. Two businesses in Stoughton damaged. 12 semi -trucks flipped over in 10-min <br />period on 1-90/94, and several more on US18/151 and Hwy 51. Several barns in county <br />damaged. Moored boats on Lake Kegonsa were pushed into each other, resulting in damage. <br />• Lafayette Co: Large portion of Darlington High School roof ripped off. Elsewhere in county, 5 <br />farm buildings destroyed, 15 more damaged. Five homes in county sustained damage due to <br />fallen trees, and 1 business suffered structural damage. Several county roads blocked by tree <br />debris. <br />• Green Co: Semi roll-overs reported on US 11/81, and Hwy 81 in town of Monroe. Airplane <br />flipped over at Brodhead airport. Silo roof blown off on County M. Damage inflicted on county <br />salt sheds in New Glarus and Brodhead. Approx. 5000 customers without power at one time. <br />• Rock Co: Beloit, 25 large trees knocked down, damaging several homes. 1/3 of Janesville <br />Parker High School roof torn off. Evansville, two businesses with blown -in windows, and siding <br />194 <br />