Thunderstorm Wind — Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

2021-07-28 · near Ripon, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Multiple reports of trees down, snapped power poles, road closures, and power outages in the Ripon area. Sheet metal roofing or siding was strewn in the field on either side of Brandon Street, north of the intersection with Highway KK. Damage was assessed to be due to straight-line winds. A man was killed when he drove his car into a downed tree on a road near Ripon.

Wider weather episode

A round of severe storms tracked into southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours on July 28th. Followed by another round of stronger, more widespread thunderstorms that begin to dive south across central Wisconsin late in the evening on July 28th through the early morning hours on July 29th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 967830. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.