High Wind, Price
- When
- June 27, 10:15 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Price forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.680, -90.361 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Wisconsin, June 27, 1998
Strong non-thunderstorm winds gusting to 60 mph (52 knots) blew down trees and power lines. Some trees were 15 to 20 inches in diameter.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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 DLH wrote it up.
Strong non-thunderstorm winds gusting to 60 mph (52 knots) blew down trees and power lines. Some trees were 15 to 20 inches in diameter. A 50-foot windmill near Prentice was also toppled.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Ohio, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, June 27, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Iowa, June 27 to 28, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Minnesota, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, June 27 to 28, 1998
- Heat in Tennessee, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 27 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 1998
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: 5657184.