Thunderstorm Wind, Sheboygan
- When
- April 7, 1:28 AM CST to 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan County, Greenbush
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.783, -88.083
Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, April 7, 2001
A severe thunderstorm, packing estimated winds gusts to 78 knots (90 mph), raked the northern part of Sheboygan County. A tree fell on and damaged a home near Greenbush.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $400,000
- 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.
A severe thunderstorm, packing estimated winds gusts to 78 knots (90 mph), raked the northern part of Sheboygan County. A tree fell on and damaged a home near Greenbush. Near the village of Rhine Center a barn was significantly damaged, and one home sustained major damage as it's roof was ripped off. Another barn north of Plymouth was damaged. In addition, several farm sheds across the northern part of the county were also destroyed. A total of 4 agricultural buildings had minor damage and 4 had major damage. Several road signs were bent, and one car was damaged by bricks which were ripped off a home's chimney. Near Howards Grove a 30 foot long trailer was rolled over. Several homes also sustained minor roof damage. The County of Sheboygan spent about $50,000 to clear trees and branches from area roads.
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 6, 1:59 PM CST, 11 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 1:59 PM CST, 11 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 300 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2001 FCST FOCUS ON SHOWERS/STORMS TONIGHT...STRONG WIND EVENT FOR SATURDAY. INTENSE LOW TRACKS NE OUT OF THE PLAINS TONIGHT...PUSHING A SFC WARM FRONT INTO THE CWA BY MORNING. LOTS OF SLOPE TO THE WARM FRONT AS EVIDENCED BY THE H8 BNDRY REACHING INTO CNTRL WI AT THAT TIME. TYPICALLY LIKE TO TIME THE ASSOCIATED PCPN ALNG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE H8 BNDRY...WHICH MEANS MUCH OF THE CWA WILL BE CLEAR OF PCPN BY 12Z SAT. SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW MUCH PCPN WE WILL SEE TONIGHT. THE BEST DEEP FORCING IS CLEARLY WELL OUT TO OUR WEST...BUT IT IS LIKELY SOME CONVECTION WILL FIRE ON WARM FRONT AND TRACK EAST/NE ALONG IT. HOW FAR IT TRACKS EAST AND HOW MUCH INTENSITY IT MAINTAINS IS UNCERTAIN. PROG SOUNDINGS DONT SHOW MUCH INSTABILTIY ...EVEN ELEVATED...AND THE MID LEVEL RDG IS OVRHD. BEST CHANCE FOR RAINFALL WILL BE WEST OF MADISON. DRY SLOT ARRIVES FOR SATURDAY AND SO DO SOME IMPRESSIVE WINDS. SPC IS HANGING ONTO A SLGT CHC FOR SVR THROUGH ABOUT MID-DAY/EARLY AFTN AND THIS LOOKS GUD...THO POPS RATHER SMALL. THE COLD FRONT IS SWINGING THROUGH...A NARROW BAND OF DEEPER RH IS ASSOCIATED WITH IT...AND THERE IS A TAIL OF THE MID LEVEL S/W REACHING ACROSS THE CWA. IN ADDITION...TEMPS AND DWPNTS WILL BE UNSEASONABLY WARM BIG THING WORKING AGAINST IT ARE THE VERY STRONG LINEAR WINDS THAT COULD TEAR APART THE DVLPG CONVECTIVE TOWERS BEFORE THEY CAN MATURE. LOWEST 5KFT GOES DRY ADIABATIC ON SATURDAY GIVING MOMENTUM TRANSFER POTENTIAL OF 50-60 MPH /+-/. WILL HOIST A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR SATURDAY IN ANTICIPATION OF A HIGH WIND WARNING BEING ISSUED LATER. NEXT FCSTR WILL ASSESS WITH THE NEXT RUN. IT THEN QUIET DOWN FOR A WHILE...THOUGH NOISY SW FLOW WILL KEEP THINGS UNSEASONABLY MILD INTO MID WEEK WITH TIMING ISSUES ON LIGHTER PCPN CHCS COMING UP. .MKX...HIGH WIND WATCH...ALL OF CWA 46..47..51..52..56>72. DAVIS
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Weather in California, April 7 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 7 to 9, 2001
- High Wind in Iowa, April 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in California, April 7, 2001
- High Wind in Illinois, April 7, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, April 7 to 17, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, April 7 to 8, 2001
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 7, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 7 to 26, 2001
- Flood in Minnesota, April 7 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in Iowa, April 7, 2001
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 7 to 8, 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: 5240284.