Strong winds developed during the late morning hours of the 6th, ahead of an intense low pressure system that moved across the northern Plains. The strong winds continued for most of the afternoon, producing frequent gusts in excess of 35 mph.
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The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
Strong winds developed during the late morning hours of the 6th, ahead of an intense low pressure system that moved across the northern Plains. The strong winds continued for most of the afternoon, producing frequent gusts in excess of 35 mph. The peak measured gust was 57 mph recorded by a spotter in Oshkosh.
Although there were scattered reports of downed trees, and power was knocked out to thousands of customers for at least part of the day, there were no reports of injuries and only one report of significant damage.
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 6, 10:15 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1115 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 .UPDATE...HAVE EVALUATED THE SVR TSTM POTENTIAL FOR THIS AFTERNOON... AND FEEL THAT THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE OVER OUR SE COUNTIES DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON PERIOD. MODIFIED FCST SOUNDINGS SUPPORT CAPES OF 1500-2000 J/KG...STG UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND WINDS ALOFT...AND ADEQUATE SHEAR TO SUPPORT SUPPORT BOWING SEGMENTS AND SUPERCELLS. THE TWO MAIN QUESTIONS INVOLVE CAPPING POTENTIAL AND DYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE INITIATION. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS (USING 85/65 IN THE FOX VALLEY AREA) SUGGESTED THAT LITTLE OR NO CAP SHOULD BE PRESENT BY MID-AFTERNOON. WATCHING TWO FEATURES FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION...THE COLD FRONT FRONT OVER SE MN...AND THE RRQ OF A 110 KT JET STREAK (CURRENTLY OVER E IA/NE MO/NW IL). RUC/NAM12 BOTH SUPPORT A BRIEF PERIOD DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL DIVG ARE COINCIDENT OVER EC/NE WI... SO FEEL THAT DYNAMIC SUPPORT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS IN OUR SE COUNTIES. FOR THIS REASON...HAVE ADDED THE THREAT OF SVR WITH DAMAGING WINDS BACK INTO THE FCST FOR THAT AREA. DEEP MIXING THROUGH 825-800 MB WILL RESULT IN STG SYNOPTIC WINDS. WITH PEAK WINDS OF 50-60 KTS IN THE MIXED LAYER...GUSTS TO AT LEAST 45 MPH SEEM LIKE A GOOD BET. IN ODER TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION WITH THE CONVECTIVE WIND THREAT...WILL NOT ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY HEADLINE. KIECKBUSCH && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 333 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008... SHORT TERM...TODAY/TONIGHT/SATURDAY. ITS APPEARS THE LINE OF STORMS APPROACHING WRN WI EARLY THIS AM COULD BE THE MAIN EVENT TODAY. CONVECTION CONCENTRATED ON THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WHICH IS PROGGED TO REACH EC WI AROUND 18Z. MEANWHILE THE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY SHIFT NWD OVER THE FCST AREA. AT 08Z THE WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...FROM AROUND WAUTOMA TO FDL. CONVECTION OVER IA WAS PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND IN WARMER SECTOR WHERE WINDS COULD MIX DOWN THIS AM. MUCH OF NRN WI REMAINS IN THE COOL SECTOR WITH ABUNDANT CIN. AT THIS TIME WILL BE CONCERNED WITH HIGH WINDS OVER CENTRAL WI AS THE CONVECTION INTERACTS NEAR THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WILL KEEP SVR WORDING IN THIS PART OF THE CWA THIS AM. EXPECT MORE ELEVATED TSRA TO BE THE DOMINATE TYPE OVER NRN WI THIS AM. FAIRLY HIGH WET BULB TO LIMIT HAIL AND WINDS ALOFT WILL FIND IT CHALLENGING FOR WINDS TO REACH THE SURFACE THIS AM...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. PROGS THIS AM INDICATED THIS LINE OF CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH THIS AM...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SCT WORDING AS MID LEVEL Q VECTORS SHOW CONTINUE CONVERGENCE WITH THIS FEATURE OVER THE AREA. IN ADDITION...AFTN INSTABILITY COULD AID FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. THIS AFTN AS BETTER MIXING OCCURS AND LOW DEEPENS...POTENTIAL OF WINDS REACHING THE SURFACE INCREASES.. SOME GUSTY SYNOPTIC WINDS NOTED BEHIND THIS LINE OF STORMS WEST OF THE CONVECTION DUE TO DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NRN PLAINS. ITS POSSIBLE THE DAY CREW MAY NEED TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY LATER THIS AFTN IF THE CONVECTION CLEARS THE AREA. OTHERWISE POTENTIAL OF WINDS REACHING THE SURFACE TODAY WITH AND CONVECTION INCREASES. WILL MENTION ISOLD TSRA OVER FAR ERN WI EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE MID LEVEL TROF AND CDFRNT DEPARTS...OTHERWISE SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION TO END THE PCPN THREAT TNT. FOR SATURDAY...VERY AGGRESSIVE RETURN FLOW WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS DEVELOPING BY AFTN. THE WAA ACTUALLY BEGINS TO RETURN TO WRN WI OVERNIGHT WITH SW WINDS BACKS SOUTH. MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA IS IN SLIGHT RISK DAY 2 DUE TO MAINLY THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WESTERLY MID LEVEL WINDS OVER A MOIST UNSTABLE LOWER LEVEL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. OTHER ITEMS INCLUDE DENSE FOG OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND TEMPS. IT APPEARS THERE IS ENOUGH MIXING TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG THIS AM. AFTN TEMPS TODAY WILL DEPEND ON AMOUNT OF CLDS AHD OF THE APPROACHING CDFNT AND RATE OF NRN PUSH OF THE WARMFRONT...BUT LITTLE CHANGE WITH GOING FCST AT THIS TIME LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY RIDGING AT 500MB WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WHILE TROUGH REMAINS ACROSS THE ROCKIES. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WITH SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE MEAN FLOW AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. HAVE RAISED RAIN CHANCES INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY OR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. BY 12Z SUNDAY...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WILL HAVE HIGH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY DEPENDING IF COMPLEX OF STORMS HAS EXITED THE REGION BY 12Z SUNDAY...OR CONVECTION WILL REFIRE ALONG BOUNDARY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTHWARD SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH. MODELS ARE NOW SHOWING THAT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY...BRING COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. LATER SHIFTS MAY BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE MENTION OF PRECIPITATION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT IF THESE TRENDS CONTINUE. THE WARM FRONT WILL THEN START TO PUSH NORTHWARD ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AVIATION...WIDESPREAD LIFR CIGS/VSBYS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AND NORTH OF A WARM FRONT WILL CHANGE LITTLE THIS AM AS BANDS OF TSRA PASS OVER TODAY. STRONG LLJ OVER A SE/E SURFACE FLOW WILL PRODUCE LLWS FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING. GUSTY SW WINDS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AFTER FROPA. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1057 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-071130- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE- WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 1057 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...THE GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MARINETTE TO NEW LONDON TO WAUTOMA BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF MORE SEVERE STORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AS A WARM AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS MOVES BACK INTO THE STATE ON SOUTH WINDS. THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SEVERAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS TRACK ACROSS THE REGION. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THEY WILL BE SEVERE...THOUGH THEY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-071130- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 1057 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AS STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 KTS MAY ACCOMPANY ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL LINGER THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE COOL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AS A WARM AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS MOVES BACK INTO THE STATE ON SOUTH WINDS. THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SEVERAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS PASS ACROSS THE REGION. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF AND WHEN SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR. KIECKBUSCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1155 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-062200- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE- WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 1155 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...STRONG WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MARINETTE TO NEW LONDON TO WAUTOMA BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM. EVEN IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DO NOT AFFECT YOUR REGION...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STILL OCCUR DUE TO A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR PLANS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KIECKBUSCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 2007 Chevrolet sedan was destroyed when a tree, uprooted by high winds, landed on it.
A woman was killed (indirect fatality), around 0800 CST on June 7th, when a tree branch hit her on the head as she and others attempted to remove it from a power line.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind, Vilas | 2008-06-07 | 52 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 2008
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: 120449, 120891.