Wisconsin, 2002

Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 25, 2002

June 25, 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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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 25, 3:00 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:00 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
400 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

MAIN PROBLEM IS CONVECTION THIS EVENING.

.ATTM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN ND AND A
TRAIN OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO FORM OFF THE NORTH-SHORE LAKE
BREEZE OF UPPER RED LAKE.  WHO EVER KNOWS WHICH OBSCURE FEATURE...OF
MANY...WILL FINALLY TRIGGER CONVECTION.  THE LATTER SEEM TO BE
PASSING INTO ONTARIO...WITH ONE OR TWO SMALL BUT STRONG CELLS OVER
BORDER AREA WILDERNESS. WITH LOW STABILITIES...A THETA-E RIDGE OVER
DLH...AND A RIGHT-REAR JET POSITION...ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...ALONG WITH
DEW POINTS OF 22C...THUNDERSTORMS STILL SEEM TO BE HAVING TROUBLE
MAINTINING THEMSELVES FOR VERY LONG.  THERE SEEMS TO BE A CAP...
THOUGH THERE ARE NO TELL-TALE WAVE CLOUDS ON THE SATELLITE IMAGE.

.TONIGHT...WHATEVER THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR SHOULD END FROM WEST TO
EAST AS THE DIFFUSE SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVES EAST LATE TONIGHT.  WE
BURIED A 40 PERCENT POP...WHICH IS BELOW GUIDANCE.  WE WENT CLOSE
TO THE GUIDANCE CONSENSUS LOW TEMPERATURE.

.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE AVN IS DRIER THAN THE ETA...AND
BOTH ARE DRY.  WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE A SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF RAIN.  A
WEST FLOW WILL KEEP THE LAKESHORE WARMER THAN INLAND AREAS...EXCEPT A
FEW HEAD-LANDS ON THE SOUTH SHORE.  WE WENT ABOVE GUIDANCE HIGHS
BOTH DAYS...THE MAV HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT COOL LATELY...WHEN SUNSHINE
IS INVOLVED.  COLD ADVECTION IS MOSTLY ALOFT...LOW LEVEL HEATING WILL
MIX MOMEMTUM...SO WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER THAN THE GUIDANCE
CONSENSUS.

.DLH...NONE.

EOM

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sawyer

When
June 25, 8:05 PM CST
Where
Sawyer County, Exeland
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.667, -91.250

Fifty-two to sixty-one knot winds blew down numerous trees.

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: 5306286.