Wisconsin, 2001Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001
June 11, 2001 · NWS DLH · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
250 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE SEVERE THREAT THIS EVENING...THEN CONVECTION
THROUGH REMAINDER OF FORECAST PERIODS.
ETA AND AVN IN DECENT AGREEMENT...AND FOLLOWED THE ETA FOR MOST OF
DETAILS.
STRONGEST CELLS LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST CWA. SHOWERS FURTHER NORTH.
AIRMASS HEATED UP EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. BLOWOFF AND SHOWERS HAVE SINCE COOLED THEM
OFF...EXCEPT IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. 30KT FLOW SEEN AT THE WDL
PROFILER AT 850MB. THIS FEED OF HIGHER THETA-E AIR...AS WELL AS
UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL KEEP THREAT OF STORMS IN FORECAST THIS
EVENING. BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES.
STORMS STARTING TO FIRE IN EVEN JUICIER AIR ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...AND THIS MAY ROB OUR STORMS OF SOME ENERGY AND MOISTURE.
WILL TIME ENDING OF CONVECTION WITH 850MB TROUGH...WHICH WOULD PUT
FAR WESTERN ZONES IN ACTION ONLY INTO EARLY EVENING...AND EASTERN
ZONES TIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTION TUESDAY...EXCEPT SOUTHERN ZONES IN THE
AFTERNOON. BETTER SHOT AT RAIN COMES TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LIFTING
WARM FRONT.
USED GUIDANCE...EXCEPT WENT A LITTLE WARMER ON WEDNESDAY IN
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...WHERE THERE MAY BE MORE SUN THAN MODELS
FORECAST.
.DLH...NONE.
MELDE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:54 PM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH, MN
654 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0526 PM SIREN WI MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/11/01 WASHBURN LARGE BRANCH OVER HIGHWAY
70
0540 PM BRAINERD MN 1.50 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 CROW WING
0540 PM SPOONER WI MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/11/01 WASHBURN 18 INCH TREE DOWN
0630 PM RESERVE WI MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/11/01 SAWYER TREES DOWN
0602 PM SPOONER WI MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/11/01 WASHBURN TREES DOWN ALL OVER
SOUTHERN WASHBURN COUNTY
DTMLocal storm report, Jun 11, 5:54 PM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH, MN
654 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM SIREN WI MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/11/01 WASHBURN LARGE BRANCH OVER HIGHWAY
70
0540 PM BRAINERD MN 1.50 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 CROW WING
0540 PM SPOONER WI MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/11/01 WASHBURN 18 INCH TREE DOWN
0630 PM RESERVE WI MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/11/01 SAWYER TREES DOWN
0602 PM SPOONER WI MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/11/01 WASHBURN TREES DOWN ALL OVER
SOUTHERN WASHBURN COUNTY
DTMThunderstorm Wind, Price
- When
- June 11, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Price County, Catawba
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -90.533
A machine shed was blown off its foundation. There was also roof and siding damage, and a round bale feeder was thrown 225 feet. Siding was blown off a mobile home. The wind speed is estimated.
- 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.
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 11 to 12, 20011 death · $20 million · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 11, 20017 injured · $10 million · F2 · 13 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 11, 20012 injured · $75 million · F1 · 54 events
- Tornado in Florida, June 11, 20011 death · $35,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11, 20012 injured · $19 million · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001$5.2 million · 2.75 in hail · 31 events
- Heat in Texas, June 11, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001$2.1 million · F1 · 24 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 11, 2001$1.2 million · F1 · 17 events
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 11, 20015 injured · $250,000 · 85 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, June 11 to 12, 2001$1.3 million · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11 to 12, 2001$69,000 · F0 · 60 events
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: 5255339.