Strong Wind, Marathon
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon forecast zone
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 44.898, -89.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Wisconsin, June 8, 1997
Gusty winds to 30 mph blew a large tent into 3 spectators at a motorcycle hill climb in the town of Birch.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
Gusty winds to 30 mph blew a large tent into 3 spectators at a motorcycle hill climb in the town of Birch.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Wyoming, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5603567.