Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- May 30, 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County, 2 mi S of River Falls
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.817, -92.633
A large tree was downed.
Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 30, 2004
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 9:35 AM CST, 8 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1035 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 MNZ065-073-302300- REDWOOD-RENVILLE- 1035 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM. RIVER AND INLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUING RESULTING IN A POTENTIAL RISK TO LIVES AND PROPERTY. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>057-064-074-082-091-302300- BROWN-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MARTIN-POPE-STEVENS- SWIFT-TODD-WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE- 1035 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MORE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN ONE INCH...HOWEVER THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN MORE PONDING OF WATER IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093- WIZ014>016-023>028-302300- ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DUNN- EAU CLAIRE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC- LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-PEPIN-PIERCE- POLK-RAMSEY-RICE-RUSK-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEARNS-STEELE- WASECA-WASHINGTON-WRIGHT- 1035 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MBK
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:16 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 30 to 31, 2004
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 2004
- Tornado in Indiana, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, May 30 to 31, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 30 to 31, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, May 30 to 31, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 30 to 31, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, May 30, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 30 to 31, 2004
- Tornado in Missouri, May 30, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 30, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 30, 2004
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, May 2004
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: 5395868.