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Sand Is To Bayfield Wi, Lake Superior
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2003 and 2022, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
0
Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
0
Floods since 1996
20
All events
4
Deaths
$10K
Property damage
Year by year
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
A family of five (husband, wife, three children under the age of 10) set out on a kayak to tour the Apostle Islands at around 100 pm CDT. Wind and waves were nearly calm when the family set out from Madeline Island on a sit on top type of kayak. The winds picked up by 4 pm becomi…
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A peak gust of 40 mph was measured at the DISW3 Devils Island C-MAN station.
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A peak gust of 59 mph was measured at the DISW3 Devils Island C-MAN station.
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AWOS station K4R5 at the La Pointe Airport recoded a gust of 41 mph during the storm.
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A gust to 40 mph was recorded at the Devils Island Lighthouse station DISW3.
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Peak gust recorded at the Devil's Island Lighthouse.
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The gust was recorded by mesonet station D6222 2 miles southeast of Bayfield, WI, at the west end of Madeline Island.
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Moored boats were severely damaged as thunderstorm winds pushed them into the shoreline.
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The gust was measured by the Devil's Island lighthouse.
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Numerous trees were blown down on Oak Island.
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Numerous trees were blown down on Cat Island.
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Numerous trees were down on Stockton Island.
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Estimated wind gusts to 40 mph at Bayfield.
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Wind gusts to 40 mph at Pikes Bay Marina.
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A boater measured the wind at Stockton Island.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
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