Thunderstorm Wind in Washburn County, Wisconsin

Thunderstorm Wind August 9, 2025 · Washburn County, Wisconsin

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

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.

Began near Shell Lake Arpt (45.7300, -91.9100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1290319. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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