Wisconsin, 2002

Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 13, 2002

June 13, 2002 · NWS ARX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Straight-line winds estimated at 60 to 65 mph blew down a barn, killing seven cattle inside.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$45,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.

Straight-line winds estimated at 60 to 65 mph blew down a barn, killing seven cattle inside.

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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 1:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
245 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS ARE SHRA/TS CHANCES TONIGHT AND NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS/COOLER TEMPERATURES IN NORTHWEST FLOW.

SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS STACKED LOW OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH
SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA UNDER THE COLD POOL ALOFT.

UPPER LOW/COLD POOL TO DRIFT SE OVER OUR AREA TONIGHT. AT THE
SURFACE...TROUGH HANGS NW TO SE ACROSS WI (ACROSS MY EASTERN CWA).
THIS SHOULD SERVE TO KEEP SHRA/TS GOING INTO EARLY MORNING HOURS IN
BEST AREA OF CONVERGENCE. FURTHER WEST...SOME SUBSIDENCE BEHIND
SPOKE OF VORTICITY FOR DIMINISHING SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT.

FOR FRIDAY...UPPER LOW SHIFTS EAST...WITH RIDGING WORKING INTO
WESTERN CWA. WILL KEEP IN SMALL POPS IN FOR EASTERN CWA ON WESTERN
PERIPHERY OF COLD POOL. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE PRETTY SIMILAR TO
TODAYS. LINGERING SHRA/TS EASTERN ZONES FRIDAY EVENING. THEN
SHORTWAVE SLIPS SE ACROSS AREA LATER FRIDAY NIGHT...AFFECTING
MAINLY EASTERN CWA. WILL THROW IN A SMALL POP THERE.

ON SATURDAY...COOL CYCLONIC FLOW WITH SHEARED VORTICITY AFFECTING
MAINLY EASTERN CWA AGAIN FOR A CHANCE OF SHRA/TS. KEPT WESTERN CWA
DRY...FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM COLD POOL. WEAK RIDGING SATURDAY NIGHT/NVA
FOR CLEARING.

WENT WITH SMALL POPS ACROSS THE BOARD ON SUNDAY AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE
IN NW FLOW PROPAGATES INTO THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.

IN THE LONG TERM...13/00Z MRF RUN STILL SHOWING COOL NW AND
CYCLONIC FLOW OVER US THROUGH MONDAY THEN RIDGING FOR TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. RIDGE BREAKS DOWN WEDNESDAY NITE/THURSDAY AS SIGNIFICANT
SHORTWAVE PROPAGATES THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA/NORTHERN PLAINS INTO OUR
AREA. BOTTOM LINE...CHANCE OF SHRA/TS MONDAY...DRY TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...AND ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHRA/TS WEDNESDAY NITE/
THURSDAY.

.LSE...NONE.

DAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:34 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
334 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    4 S LANCASTER             WI   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/02   GRANT                          BARN BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When
June 13, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Grant County, 4 mi S of Lancaster
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage
$45,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
42.800, -90.717

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.

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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: 5305684.