Wisconsin, 2001

Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 2001

June 16, 2001 · NWS MKX · 10 events in 7 counties and zones

Scattered severe thunderstorms, with powerful, straight-line, down-burst winds, affected parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin. There were many reports of large trees pushed over by the winds.

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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
10

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.

Scattered severe thunderstorms, with powerful, straight-line, down-burst winds, affected parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin. There were many reports of large trees pushed over by the winds. In Green Lake County, a larg tree fell on, and slightly damaged, a bar/restaurant near the village of Marquette, and a pontoon boat was flipped over on Green Lake.

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 Jun 16, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
230 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

IN THE SHORT TERM...VERY VIGOROUS COMPACT S/W SEEN ON WV OVR CNTRL
MN...MOVG DUE EAST NOW AND ETA MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE
ON THIS.  ACTIVE CONVECTION MOSTLY ON THE NRN PERIPHERY OF THE
S/W SHOULD REMAIN N OF CWA THIS EVENING. CU FIELD AHEAD THE S/W OVR
CNTRL WI FILLING IN AND LOOKING BUMPY...WE MAY SEE A FEW THOSE REACH
THE POINT OF PRODUCING SOME SHOWERS OVR FAR NRN CWA THIS EVENING.
WL WATCH THIS THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS FOR INDICATIVE TRENDS.

THAT S/W MOVES OFF THIS EVENING...LEAVING IT QUIET FOR SUNDAY.  LOW
PRESSURE DVLPS OVR THE CNTRL PLAINS WITH IMPRESSIVE WAA FM CNTRL
INTO NRN PLAINS.  VERY FAST ZONAL FLOW SHOULD BRING PCPN THAT
DEVELOPS...QUICKLY INTO WISCONSIN.  MODELS ALL IN AGREEMENT IT WILL
BE IN WRN CWA BEFORE MIDNIGHT.  THERE IS NO APPARENT LACK OF MOISTURE
WITH THIS SYSTEM.  SFC DWPNTS CLIMB TO 65 TO 70 BY MONDAY MORNING.
THE PRESENCE OF THE WK SFC BNDRY...COUPLED WITH A NOISY AND FAST...
DIFFICULT TO TIME...ZONAL FLOW COULD LEAD TO STORMS ON MONDAY.  ETA
SOUNDING AT MADISON FOR MONDAY AFTN INDICATES CAPES TO 4000J/KG...BUT
LITTLE SHEAR.  WEAK...LINGERING BNDRIES COULD BE PROBLEMATIC TRIGGERS
FOR MONDAY.

THE TROFINESS/WMFNT HANGS AROUND THROUGH WEDNESDAY KEEPING CHY
WORDING ALIVE.  THINGS SHOULD DRY OUT BY THE WEEKEND.

MOS GUID IN FAIR AGREEMENT AND LOOK OKAY.

.MKX...NONE

DAVIS

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marquette

When
June 16, 6:15 PM CST
Where
Marquette County, Montello
Measured
56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.800, -89.317

Thunderstorm Wind, Marquette

When
June 16, 6:20 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
Where
Marquette County, 5 mi N of Westfield
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.950, -89.483

Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge

When
June 16, 6:26 PM CST
Where
Dodge County, 7 mi W of Waupun
Measured
56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.633, -88.867

Thunderstorm Wind, Green Lake

When
June 16, 6:30 PM CST to 6:40 PM CST
Where
Green Lake County, 2 mi SW of Marquette
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
43.733, -88.883

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia

When
June 16, 6:30 PM CST to 6:40 PM CST
Where
Columbia County, 7 mi ESE of Wisconsin Dells
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.600, -89.633

Thunderstorm Wind, Fond du Lac

When
June 16, 6:45 PM CST to 6:50 PM CST
Where
Fond du Lac County, Alto
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.683, -88.783

Thunderstorm Wind, Fond du Lac

When
June 16, 7:10 PM CST
Where
Fond du Lac County, Campbellsport
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.600, -88.283

Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge

When
June 16, 7:10 PM CST
Where
Dodge County, Beaver Dam
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.467, -88.833

Thunderstorm Wind, Sheboygan

When
June 16, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Sheboygan County, 2 mi S of Sheboygan Falls
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.700, -87.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When
June 16, 7:36 PM CST
Where
Washington County, 4 mi NE of West Bend
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.450, -88.133

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

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: 5256143, 5256144, 5256148, 5256145, 5256147, 5256146, 5256149, 5256151, 5256150, 5256152.