Thunderstorm Wind — Douglas, Wisconsin

2023-08-16 · near Cloverland, Douglas, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Multiple pine trees were uprooted with a 12 to 18 inch diameter pine tree broken about 25 feet off the ground. An empty hay wagon was overturned and some structural damage was reported as well at the location.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours of the 16th across northwest Wisconsin ahead of a cold front. Daytime heating led to strong instability over the region and a strong low level jet provided ample wind shear for storms to work with. With the cold front, the storms were generally linear in mode resulting in damaging winds being the primary threat as they moved to the east. Numerous reports of tree damage were received from across northwest Wisconsin into the evening hours along with a few hail reports. The largest hail report was half dollar-sized.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1131555. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.