Thunderstorm Wind, Sawyer
- When
- June 11, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sawyer County, 15 mi S of Hayward
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -91.483
Trees were blown down along Highway 27.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2005
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 3
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 11, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 245 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005 .DISCUSSION...SEVERE WEATHER IS MAIN FOCUS FOR TONIGHT LATEST RUC40 INDICATES A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LATEST RUC FORECASTS LI OF -7...WITH H85 THETA-E OVER 340K. THE 0-1KM VGP ALSO INDICATES DECENT POTENTIAL FOR ROTATING SUPERCELLS. THE RESULT SHOULD BE SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STORMS THIS EVENING SHOULD MOVE NORTH OF THE BORDER BY 12Z SUNDAY...LEAVING JUST A SMALL CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM FOR SUNDAY. OVERALL...IT LOOKS PRETTY DRY...BUT WITH MUGGY AIR AND BOUNDARIES STILL PRESENT - WOULD NOT RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED STORM. THE NEXT SYSTEM TAKES AIM ON THE NORTHLAND SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AND CLOSES OFF INTO MIDWEEK. HAVE WENT WITH MID RANGE POPS...BUT MAY NEED TO BUMP INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY WITH LATER FORECASTS. OTHER THAN THAT...IT LOOKS PRETTY DRY AFTER THE CLOSED LOW MOVES OUT ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRY THINGS OUT FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING WITH MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. IFR CIGS AND VSBYS WITH BR EXPECTED AROUND 06Z. .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. DAP/GSF
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 7:45 AM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPOS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 845 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-121230- ASHLAND-BAYFIELD-BURNETT-C. ST. LOUIS-CROW WING-DOUGLAS-IRON- KOOCHICHING-N. AITKIN-N. CASS-N. ITASCA-N. LAKE/N. COOK-N. ST. LOUIS- PINE-PRICE-S. AITKIN-S. CASS-S. COOK/LAKESHORE-S. ITASCA- S. LAKE/LAKESHORE-S. ST. LOUIS/CARLTON-SAWYER-WASHBURN- 845 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY BY THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A BRAINERD...TO DULUTH...TO SILVER BAY LINE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AFTER 200 PM IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DLH STEWART/DAP
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Price
- When
- June 11, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Price County, Ogema
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -90.300
Trees were also blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Iron
- When
- June 11, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Iron County, Mercer
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.167, -90.067
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 11, 2005
- Flooding in Kansas, June 11 to 14, 2005
- Tropical Storm in Mississippi, June 11 to 12, 2005
- Strong Wind in Alabama, June 11 to 12, 2005
- Storm Surge in Florida, June 11, 2005
- Flood in Kansas, June 11, 2005
- Rip Current in Georgia, June 11, 2005
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Minnesota, June 11, 2005
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 11, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 11 to 12, 2005
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: 5460292, 5460293, 5460294.