Thunderstorm Wind, Vilas
- When
- June 13, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vilas County, 4 mi WSW of Conover
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 46.033, -89.333
Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 13, 2004
) and flipped it 15 feet into the air, damaging it and an adjacent pier. The estimated weight of the station is about 1,000 pounds.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 GRB wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds picked up a boat shore station on Upper Buckatabon Lake (Vilas co.) and flipped it 15 feet into the air, damaging it and an adjacent pier. The estimated weight of the station is about 1,000 pounds.
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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 345 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT...MAIN CONCERNS ARE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...THEN FOG AREAS ACROSS CWA. SUFFICIENT DAYTIME HEATING HAS CAUSED A CUMULUS FIELD TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN...AIDED BY A SHORT WAVE IN THE UPPER FLOW. THE GFS HINTS AT THIS IN ITS QPF FIELD. SO WILL KEEP CHANCE OF EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH ZONES OF CWA. EXPECT SURFACE WINDS TO DECOUPLE SUFFICIENTLY WITH CLEARING SKIES LATE ACROSS THE CWA FOR PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP. EXPECT PRECIPITATION WITH NEXT SHORT WAVE TO HOLD OFF UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MAIN CONCERNS ARE PRECIP CHCS AND TEMPS. PROGRESSIVE FLOW PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...WITH SEVERAL SYSTEMS MOVG THROUGH DURING THE WEEK. FIRST SYSTEM...CURRENTLY OVER MT...WILL QUICKLY SHIFT EAST...AFFECTING C/NE WI ON MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM...WHICH FEATURES A POTENT VORT AND THE LFQ OF AN UPPER JET... SHOULD TRIGGER SCT SHRA/TSRA IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE TUES AFTERNOON... THEN MOVE THROUGH TUES NGT AND WEDS MORNING. HAVE MAINTAINED CHC POPS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. AFTER A BRIEF DRY PERIOD FROM WEDS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURS EVG...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECT TO SAG TOWARD NC WI LATE THURS NGT...THEN DROP THROUGH THE REST OF THE FA ON FRIDAY. A SMALL CHC OF SHRA SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. THE START OF THE WEEKEND LOOKS DRY...WITH A CHC OF TSTMS RETURNING ON SUNDAY. STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AUSTIN/KIECKBUSCH WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:15 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1215 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-141700- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN OCONTO-DOOR- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA- WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- 1215 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL WILL SHIFT OUT OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOODING THREAT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY STILL RISE A BIT THIS AFTERNOON...DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNINGS HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SEEM TO BE UNLIKELY AT THIS POINT...BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE FLOODING. GENERALLY DRY WEATHER SHOULD FOLLOW FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON. KIECKBUSCH WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRB
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 13 to 14, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 13, 2004
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 13, 2004
- Tornado and Flooding in Ohio, June 13, 2004
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, June 13, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 13, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, June 13, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 13, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 13, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 2004
- Flood in Nebraska, June 13 to 17, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 13, 2004
More
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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: 5410976.