Wisconsin, 2002

Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 27, 2002

July 27, 2002 · 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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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • 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 Jul 27, 1:20 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 1:20 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
220 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS (BOW ECHO) MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN COUNTIES
AT THIS TIME.  A STRONG MID-LEVEL JET STREAK COUPLED WITH CAPES OF
1500 J/KG RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.  SHOULD BE A
TREACHEROUS NEXT FEW HOURS UNTIL THIS LINE PASSES THROUGH.  EXPECT
THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT TO END EARLY EVENING.

FOR TONIGHT...LOOK FOR VORT MAX TO EXIT THE REGION DURING THE EARLY
EVENING.  AIR MASS WILL DRY AND AIRMASS WILL STABILIZE SOMEWHAT AS
WEAK SFC COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH.  WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS IN FOR
REMNANTS OF SYSTEM FOR THE EVENING WITH PRECIP BECOME CONSIDERABLY
MORE SCATTERED OVERNIGHT.

ON SUNDAY THE WEST WINDS WILL NOT ADVECT MUCH DRY AIR.  SFC
DEWPOINTS WILL STILL BE IN THE 60S OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA
WITH AFTERNOON SBCAPES OVER 1000 J/KG.  SHEAR IS NOT IMPRESSIVE AND
THERE WONT BE THE INTENSE COOLING AT MID-LEVELS AS THERE WAS
TODAY.  DO EXPECT SCT SHRA/TSRA...MAINLY SOUTH FOR SUNDAY.

AS THE WEAK VORT MAX EXITS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT...TSRA ACTIVITY
WILL END SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT.  RESULT IN CLEARING SKIES
FOR MONDAY.  RIDGING ON MONDAY WILL MAKE THE DAY SUNNY AND PLEASANT.

CONCERNING TEMPERATURES...WENT CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE.

.DLH...NONE.
KFM

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Price

When
July 27, 3:57 PM CST
Where
Price County, 5 mi SW of Phillips
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.633, -90.467

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

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: 5313182.