Thunderstorm Wind — Pierce, Wisconsin

2025-08-15 · near Prescott, Pierce, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Trees and power lines downed just east of Prescott.

Wider weather episode

An area of scattered storms quickly developed during the afternoon of Friday, August 15th across parts of central Minnesota. The storms then weakened as they moved into western Wisconsin, but there were a couple reports of damaging wind as the core of the storms quickly dropped to the surface. The damage included multiple downed trees as well as some downed power lines.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1290161. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.