Thunderstorm Wind — Menominee (c), Wisconsin

2016-06-10 · near Keshena, Menominee (c), Wisconsin

Event narrative

Thunderstorms winds downed trees on Highway 47 around Keshena.

Wider weather episode

A line of thunderstorms, from western Upper Michigan into southeast Minnesota, produced widespread damaging winds that downed a large number of trees and power lines as the storms moved into very warm and unstable air. A wind gust to 61 mph was measured at Marshfield Municipal Airport (Wood Co.) as the storms passed and a COOP observer in Plover (Portage Co.) measured a gust to 59 mph. Isolated quarter size hail fell at Hogarty (Marathon Co.) and southwest of Shawano (Shawano Co.), and a brief, weak tornado occurred near Mackville (Outagamie Co.) as the storms passed.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 640003. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.