High Wind, Sauk
- When
- April 12, 1:45 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sauk forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Wisconsin, April 12, 2001
Gradient high winds pushed over a camper unit near the village of Lake Delton in northeastern Sauk County. There were other reports of toppled trees across the northern part of the county.
Where it happened
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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 MKX wrote it up.
Gradient high winds pushed over a camper unit near the village of Lake Delton in northeastern Sauk County. There were other reports of toppled trees across the northern part of the county. The high winds were associated with scattered rain showers which led to the mixing and transfer of high-momentum air down to the surface.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 12, 1:15 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:15 AM CST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 215 AM CDT THU APR 12 2001 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS WINDS. WILL CONTINUE WINDS ADVISORY FOR TODAY. GUSTY WINDS XPCTD BOTH ERLY THIS MRNG WITH BAND OF SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH VORT MAX. ANY DOWNWARD MIXING OF WINDS AT 3 THSD FT WOULD RESULT IN 55 MPH WINDS AT THE SURFACE. AS VORT EXITS AND LOW PULLS AWAY GRADIENT TIGHTENS. EVEN WITH CLOUDS 50 KNOT WINDS ARE AROUND 2 TO 3 THSD FT. CLOUDS WILL LIMIT MIXING SOMEWHAT SO WILL GO WITH ADVSRY AT THIS TIME. EXPECT CLOUDS TO AFFECT MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. THEN FORECAST PROBLEM IS NEXT SHORTWAVE FRIDAY NIGHT. AVN IS A BIT SLOWER AND FARTHER N. AS A RESULT WILL GO WITH MEDIUM POPS FOR NOW. .MKX...WIND ADVSRY TODAY ZONES 046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072. HENTZ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 8:15 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-120245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 915 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 137 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEM CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR IOWA...LAFAYETTE...AND SAUK COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALSO...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS WELL. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT. COLLAR
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 8:55 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-120230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 800 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001 ...HIGH WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... ...A
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
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in Michigan, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in New York, April 12, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in Illinois, April 12, 2001
- High Wind in Indiana, April 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, April 12 to 18, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 12, 2001
- Flooding in Ohio, April 12 to 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 12, 2001
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, April 2001
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: 5240319.