Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 13, 2008

Name: Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 13, 2008
Start: 2008-06-13T00:20
End: 2008-06-13T00:20
Location: Wisconsin

June 13, 2008 · NWS DLH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms moved into northwestern Wisconsin just after midnight, producing some large hail.

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
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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 happened

The episode as NWS DLH wrote it up.

Thunderstorms moved into northwestern Wisconsin just after midnight, producing some large hail.

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 12, 8:03 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 8:03 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
903 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

.UPDATE...BUSY SET UP THIS EVENING. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR NEXT HOUR OR TWO ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...UNTIL SENSIBLE HEATING INSTABILITY WEAKENS
AND VORT MAX LIFTS NORTH AROUND FRONT SIDE OF UPPER LOW. MAIN
THREATS REMAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH STRONG UNIFORM
WIND PROFILE. ALSO...MARINE FOG LAYER HAS RETURNED OVER MUCH OF
THE SHORELINE PER LATEST OBS THIS EVENING. EXPECT ONSHORE WEAK
FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE NIGHT...KEEPING DENSE FOG IN PLACE
UNTIL WIND SHIFT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. POSTED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY
ACCORDINGLY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 211 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008/

DISCUSSION...
FULLY OCCLUDED SFC SYSTEM POSITIONED JUST N OF MT/ND/CN BORDER AND
MOVG VERY SLOWLY TO THE NE. LOLVL MSTR AND TRIGGER MECHANISM
LACKING...BUT -20 500 MB TEMPS AND AFTN HTG IN DRY SLOT WILL
RESULT IN RAPID DESTABILIZATION LATE AFTN/EVE...SO SLGT RISK IS
RSNBL. CU FIELD ALREADY FORMING. SEE SWODY1 DISC FOR MORE INFO.
SOME POPS WILL PERSIST THRU FRI AS UPR LOW SLOWLY SLIDES AWAY. AFT
A BRIEF PD OF WEAK RIDGING...SEVERAL OTHER S/WVS SHOOT ACRS BORDER
COUNTRY OVR THE WEEKEND...AFFECTING MAINLY THE NRN PART OF OUR
CWA. MODELS STILL DEPICT AMPLIFYING UPR LVL RIDGE OVR MIDWEST NXT
WEEK. GFS STILL STRONGER WITH THIS RIDGE THAN ECMWF...BUT IDEA IS
THE SAME. TIMING OF PRECIP IN RETURN FLOW ON BACK SIDE OF SFC HIGH
LATER NXT WEEK A BIT UNCERTAIN. KEPT TUE-THU PD DRY FOR NOW.

AVIATION...
DRY SLOT FROM DEEP SFC LOW OVER SE  SASK HAS SWEPT ACROSS WRN 2/3 OF
CWA WITH VFR DOMINATING. AREA OF MVFR/IFR ACROSS ERN CWA...INCLUDING
HYR...IS ASSOCIATED WITH OCCLUDED FRONT. WITH UPPER LVL WINDS STILL
PARALLEL TO THIS FEATURE....EXPECT MVFR/IFR TO CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING BEFORE ANY IMPROVEMENT OCCURS. WITH COLD AIR ALOFT AND SFC
HEATING...MAY SEE SCT RW/TRW THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ALTHOUGH POPS
ARE LOW IN ANY ONE LOCATION. DLH TERMINAL FCST IS TRICKY AS MARINE
LAYER MAY TRY TO REDEVELOP/DEEPEN OVER AREA THIS EVENING ONCE
MECHANICAL MIXING FROM DAYTIME HEATING DISSIPATES. HAVE INCLUDED
TEMPO FOR LIFR AFTER MIDNIGHT. UPPER LOW WILL MOVE TOWARDS REGION
TONIGHT. HIGHEST CHANCE FOR MVFR/IFR WILL OCCUR NEAR INL EARLY
FRIDAY.

&&

POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  50  68  46  67 /  20  20  20  30
INL  50  64  45  65 /  40  40  30  30
BRD  50  68  50  72 /  30  20  10  20
HYR  54  72  48  71 /  30  20  10  20
ASX  51  70  50  69 /  30  20  10  30

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

MN...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR CARLTON/SOUTHERN
     ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE.

WI...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR ASHLAND-BAYFIELD-
     DOUGLAS-IRON.

LS...NONE.

LILES

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 2:28 PM CST, 9 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
328 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-131030-
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
328 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF DULUTH. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL
BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

LSZ121-140>148-131030-
BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN-
GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN-
TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN-
SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN-
DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI-
SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI-
328 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF DULUTH. AN ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL
BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

04

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:06 PM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
806 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     HAIL             FEDERAL DAM             47.24N 94.22W
06/12/2008  E0.75 INCH       NORTHERN CASS      MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LILES

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:28 PM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
828 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     HAIL             3 N WALKER              47.13N 94.58W
06/12/2008  E0.75 INCH       CASS               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0745 PM     HAIL             WALKER                  47.09N 94.58W
06/12/2008  E0.75 INCH       CASS               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0825 PM     HAIL             5 SW INGER              47.50N 94.06W
06/12/2008  E0.75 INCH       ITASCA             MN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

LILES

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:49 PM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
849 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 E BRAINERD            46.35N 94.01W
06/12/2008  M60 MPH          CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LILES

Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:04 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
904 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     TSTM WND GST     BRAINERD                46.35N 94.19W
06/12/2008  M58.00 MPH       CROW WING          MN   ASOS

&&

LILES

Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:11 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1111 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1035 PM     TSTM WND GST     BIWABIK                 47.53N 92.35W
06/12/2008  U0.00 MPH        ST. LOUIS          MN   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER OUT IN BIWABIK

&&

LILES

Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:30 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1230 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CROSSLAKE               46.68N 94.09W
06/12/2008                   CROW WING          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. POEPLE TRAPPED IN CAMPERS. TREES
            ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN WHITEFISH AND DEERWOOD AREAS.

&&

GRANING

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:20 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bayfield

When: June 13, 12:20 AM CST
Where: Bayfield County, 5 mi N of Drummond
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 46.402, -91.250

Trees blown down near Drummond.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, June 2008

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: 121235.