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Oshkosh area hit hard by powerful thunderstorms

By: Donald Robinson
Updated: July 3, 2012
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Oshkosh, Wis.(WFRV)-- The storm that came through northeast Wisconsin overnight left behind a lot of damage. Wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour were recorded in Oshkosh.

Local Five News Reporter Donald Robinson went to Oshkosh to survey the damage. He saw a lot of residents working to clean up storm debris today. 

   70-year-old Bob Leary dragged all the brush from his back yard after debris from a neighbor's tree landed in his yard.

    In the same neighborhood, residents took pictures of a huge tree blocking a driveway and part of the street.  Some 15 neighbors worked to cut the tree up and moved it to the side.

     The power is back on in all 81-hundred homes that went dark,  according to WPS.

   Maggie Albright says her power was out about three hours so her family made the most of the situation by  playing board games all night.

   According to Winnebago County Emergency Management, there was a lot of hail damage in the area. In addition, some road construction equipment got tossed around on Highway 41.

 (Photo courtesy of Fred Schubert)

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