Hail, Barron
- When
- June 16, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- Barron County, 8 mi NW of Rice Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.583, -91.850
Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 16, 2001
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 9:30 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 9:30 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001 MORNING RAOBS SUGGEST THAT WDLY SCT TSRA WL REDEVELOP ACRS CNTRL MN/WRN WI THIS AFTN. INVERTED V PROFILE WILL LEAD TO FAIRLY STRONG DOWNDRAFTS...DESPITE LIMITED INSTABILITY. PRIMARY FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH CHANNELED PVA AND DIVERGENCE...AND SHARP SRN CUT-OFF EXPECTED TO PCPN. OTRW...RAOBS AND TEMP TRENDS THIS MORNING SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S MOST PLACES. .MSP...NONE. DAVIS
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rusk
- When
- June 16, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County, Ladysmith
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.467, -91.100
Awning torn off a house.
Hail, Rusk
- When
- June 16, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County, Ladysmith
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.467, -91.100
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 16 to 18, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 16, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 16, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 16, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 16 to 24, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 16, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 16, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 16, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, June 16, 2001
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 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: 5254397, 5254460, 5254461.