Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- October 4, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 6 mi NNE of Gleason
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.367, -89.450
Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, October 4, 2005
Thunderstorms, in the vicinity of a frontal boundary, produced heavy rainfall and some wind damage as they slowly moved across northern Wisconsin. One of the storms snapped several trees and knocked over irrigation equipment in eastern Lincoln county.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
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- 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 happened
The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
Thunderstorms, in the vicinity of a frontal boundary, produced heavy rainfall and some wind damage as they slowly moved across northern Wisconsin. One of the storms snapped several trees and knocked over irrigation equipment in eastern Lincoln county. There were reports of street flooding in Vilas county at Lac du Flambeau and Arbor Vitae, in Oneida county at Minocqua, in Lincoln county at Merrill, in Langlade county at Antigo, in Marathon county at Wausau, Schofield and Rib Mountain, and in northern Oconto county at Lakewood. Rainfall totals of 5.80 inches at St. Germain (Vilas co.) and 4.70 inches at Phelps (Vilas co.) were recorded for the 24 hours ending at 6 AM on the 5th.
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 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
- Blizzard in North Dakota, October 4 to 5, 2005
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, October 4 to 5, 2005
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, October 4 to 5, 2005
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, October 4, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, October 4, 2005
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, October 4 to 5, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, October 4, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, October 4, 2005
- Blizzard in Montana, October 4 to 5, 2005
- Flood in Wisconsin, October 4, 2005
- Tornado in Colorado, October 4, 2005
- Flooding in Wisconsin, October 4 to 6, 2005
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, October 2005
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5477657.