Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Sawyer
- When
- February 11, 5:00 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sawyer forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 45.880, -91.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Wisconsin, February 11, 2009
An elderly Hayward woman died of hypothermia. She left in her car from a friend's home at about 4:30 pm.
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
- 1
- 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.
An elderly Hayward woman died of hypothermia. She left in her car from a friend's home at about 4:30 pm. She apparently became confused and made a wrong turn onto a long driveway that led to unoccupied seasonal cottages. Her vehicle became stuck when she attempted to turn around. She died of exposure while trying to free her vehicle from the snow. The temperature from 4 pm to 8 pm ranged from 30 to 32 degrees Fahrenheit with winds 5 to 10 mph. Her body was found a few days later.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Sawyer | 2009-02-11 | 84 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, February 11, 2009
- High Wind in Ohio, February 11, 2009
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Ohio, February 11 to 12, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, February 11, 2009
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Kentucky, February 11, 2009
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 11 to 12, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, February 11, 2009
- High Wind in Kentucky, February 11, 2009
- High Wind in Illinois, February 11, 2009
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Ohio, February 11 to 12, 2009
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in West Virginia, February 11 to 12, 2009
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Kentucky, February 11, 2009
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 2009
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: 156157.