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Thunderstorm Wind in Barron County, Wisconsin

Thunderstorm Wind August 7, 2010 · Barron County, Wisconsin

81 mph
Estimated gust (70 kt)
8
Injuries
$100K
Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A National Weather Service Storm Damage Survey determined that downburst winds caused substantial tree damage north of Cumberland, Wisconsin. In addition, a local business roof was blown off just north of Cumberland, and several trailers in Eagle Point Campground were damaged.

The wider storm

Several short-lived supercell thunderstorms that moved across central Minnesota during the late evening of Saturday August 7th, moved into Polk and Barron County, Wisconsin prior to midnight and produced several rounds of severe down burst winds, and two tornadoes near Luck, and Cumberland, Wisconsin.

Began near Cumberland (45.5429, -92.0265).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 243451. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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