Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- May 8, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Platteville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.733, -90.483
Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 8, 2000
Law enforcement officials reported power poles and trees blown down as winds gusted to 60 mph.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 ARX wrote it up.
Law enforcement officials reported power poles and trees blown down as winds gusted to 60 mph.
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:43 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- May 8, 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Montfort
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.967, -90.433
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 8, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 8 to 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 8 to 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Missouri, May 8, 2000
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, May 8, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, May 8, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, May 2000
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: 5143237, 5143236.