Wisconsin, 2001

Damaging 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.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 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 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 40 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, 36 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

DTM
Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:54 PM CST, 36 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

DTM

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Price

When
June 11, 6:30 PM CST
Where
Price County, Kennan
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.533, -90.583

Trees were blown down. The wind speed is estimated.

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

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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: 5255340.