Thunderstorm Wind — Washburn, Wisconsin

2025-08-09 · near Shell Lake Arpt, Washburn, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Photos were received showing trees down with one uprooted and down over the road near the southeast end of the Shell Lake airport.

Wider weather episode

Another complex of thunderstorms developed the night of the 8th into the 9th across the Northern Plains and pushed eastward across the Northland during the morning hours. A bowing segment developed across northwest Wisconsin around sunrise and led to some areas of tree damage where it tracked. Heavy rainfall also produced some minor flooding in the community of Stone Lake.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1290319. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.