Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports on August 28, 1995

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Hail Report Description: Trees up to one foot in diameter were blown down. Some structures received roof damage and a few trees were blown on to houses.

Wind Report Description: A very warm and unstable air mass was over Iowa as a stationarrowy front extended from central Nebraska into southern Wisconsin. CAPE values were between 3000 and 4000 J-kg-1 over the state. Thunderstorms erupted over northwest Iowa and spread into the north central and eventually the northeast counties. For the most part the storms just produced heavy rainfall and gusty winds. During the early stages of the systems development there was some severe weather. High winds were reported in Worth County. Seventy mile an hour winds blew through areas south of Mason City in Cerro Gordo County southeast to the Rockwell area a small bow echo traversed the area. Other high winds occurred in the Estherville area of Emmet County with numerous trees down and also at Marquette in Clayton County. One of the storms produced a brief spin up tornado, or gustnado, northwest of Garner. An observer reported the brief touchdown in his front yard. Damage was very minor however. The storms produced copious amounts of rain. Parts of Cerro Gordo County, south of Mason City, received between five and six inches of rain in under three hours. Two and one half inches fell in an hours time. Widespread street flooding was reported with most streets under at least six inches of water. Parts of the city reported water knee deep. The water receded fairly quickly as antecedent conditions were very dry. The storms the dumped the heavy rainfall were the result of back development from the storms that moved through earlier in the evening. One of the storms did become severe and caused damage to several cabins northeast of Clarion. High winds downed several trees in the area as well. Farther to the east and south, a thunderstorm downed trees in the Ackley area. Winds of at least 70 MPH in what appeared to be a downburst completely flattened 32 acres of a corn field northeast of town.

Wind Report Description: Scattered severe thunderstorms moved east across southern Wisconsin during the evening hours of the 28th. Powerful winds knocked over large trees and power lines in Boscobel (Grant County), and Richland Center (Richland County). Another storm developed intense winds which knocked down many large limbs out of trees in the Wisconsin River Valley near Spring Green (Sauk County). This storm weakened as it moved east but re-intensified as it's powerful winds toppled large trees or broke large branches around Burlington and Union in Racine County, and around Salem (Kenosha County).

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Wind Report Description: A very warm and unstable air mass was over Iowa as a stationarrowy front extended from central Nebraska into southern Wisconsin. CAPE values were between 3000 and 4000 J-kg-1 over the state. Thunderstorms erupted over northwest Iowa and spread into the north central and eventually the northeast counties. For the most part the storms just produced heavy rainfall and gusty winds. During the early stages of the systems development there was some severe weather. High winds were reported in Worth County. Seventy mile an hour winds blew through areas south of Mason City in Cerro Gordo County southeast to the Rockwell area a small bow echo traversed the area. Other high winds occurred in the Estherville area of Emmet County with numerous trees down and also at Marquette in Clayton County. One of the storms produced a brief spin up tornado, or gustnado, northwest of Garner. An observer reported the brief touchdown in his front yard. Damage was very minor however. The storms produced copious amounts of rain. Parts of Cerro Gordo County, south of Mason City, received between five and six inches of rain in under three hours. Two and one half inches fell in an hours time. Widespread street flooding was reported with most streets under at least six inches of water. Parts of the city reported water knee deep. The water receded fairly quickly as antecedent conditions were very dry. The storms the dumped the heavy rainfall were the result of back development from the storms that moved through earlier in the evening. One of the storms did become severe and caused damage to several cabins northeast of Clarion. High winds downed several trees in the area as well. Farther to the east and south, a thunderstorm downed trees in the Ackley area. Winds of at least 70 MPH in what appeared to be a downburst completely flattened 32 acres of a corn field northeast of town.

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Wind Report Description: Large pine trees were snapped in half, and some fell onto power lines.

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Wind Report Description: High winds blew down numerous trees and power lines and also blew the roof off a barn.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.

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Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds uprooted numerous trees, caused structural damage to a house and barn, damaged small farm buildings and a garage, and caused widespread crop damage.

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Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds. A home and a church sustained roof damage due to fallen trees.

Wind Report Description: Winds knocked down large tree limbs onto a parkway and sidewalk at Stickney. In Berwyn, two trees toppled over, one landed on the roof of a house. Another tree branch fell on a house and a van.

Wind Report Description: Tree limbs and power lines were downed in northeast Mc Henry County. Lindenhurst Police reported a 60 mph wind gust. Tree limbs were blown down at Deerfield and Northbrook. A large window was blown out at the Tollway Oasis at Lake Forest. A large tree was blown down at Prospect Heights.No report available for sd9508.CIL

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Wind Report Description: A fast moving squall line, originating in Northeast Minnesota, pummled a good part of the eastern two-thirds of Wisconsin with some of the wildest weather seen in 10 years. Feeding on deep tropical moisture, the squall line generated violent winds, hail, lightning, and torrential rainfalls that flooded urban areas. Downed powerlines cut off power to some 140,000 residents at one time or another. In Price County east of Phillips the winds toppled large trees, some which fell on the roofs of homes. Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter also fell east of Phillips. Large trees were felled west of Tripoli (Oneida County). The powerful winds toppled large trees and/or power lines in Tomahawk, Merrill, and southeast of Merrill, all in Marathon county. Also, two barns were flattened by the intense winds east of Merrill. The violent winds toppled large trees and power lines in Rib Lake (Taylor County). Four inches of rain in one hour resulted in flash flooding which washed out County Highway C south of State Highway 102 near Rib Lake. The extreme winds blew down large trees around Wausau (Marathon County), as well as in Oconto (Oconto County). A lightning strike killed 19 head of cattle near Waupaca (Waupaca County), worth about $30 thousand, as the associated powerful winds blew trees down around Waupaca. Lightning also did some minor fire damage to a home in Hortonville (Outagamie County). Further south, a severe microburst's 75 mph winds did considerable tree and building damage ($160 thousand) in Berlin (Green Lake County). This storm appeared to have developed quickly just north of Berlin, and dumped two inches of rain in just 20 minutes. The storms generated wind gusts to 65 mph as they moved into Winnebago County around Oshkosh. Numerous trees and large limbs were knocked down causing minor damage to 17 homes. Telephone and power lines were also blown down. At the Experimental Aircraft Association museum in Oshkosh a light plane was blown into a window. Lightning strikes did some minor fire damage to a home in Menasha (Winnebago County), and a home in Appleton (Outagamie County). Total damage in Winnebago County was estimated at about $226 thousand. Numerous large tree branches were torn out of trees in Westfield (Marquette County). Powerful winds toppled trees in Ripon (Fond du Lac County) where a home under construction was damaged. Ripon also had urban flooding due to 1.5 inches of rain in less than 30 minutes. Lightning started a fire which damaged a home in Brandon. As the squall line moved south, it's violent winds blew over numerous trees in the Kewauskum/West Bend area, as wells in Germantown, all in Washington County. In this same county, thunderstorm winds blew a barn down north of Allenton. Lightning struck a substation near St. Lawrence, while intense rains of 1.95 inches in less than one hour created urban flooding in West Bend, both in Washington county. In Ozaukee County, urban flooding took place in the Port Washington to Grafton area thanks to 2.25 inches of rain in less than 40 minutes, while lightning damaged a middle school in Port Washington. Further west, the squall line's severe winds toppled large trees in Watertown, and in the city of Jefferson to Fort Atkinson area, all in Jefferson County. Lightning killed eight cows ($11 thousand) on a farm near Cambridge, as well as started a fire which severely damaged a barn northwest of Fort Atkinson, both in Jefferson County. Waukesha County was raked hard as powerful winds toppled many large trees in Butler and Muckwanago, as well as at scattered points in between. Another group of intense wet microbursts tore through Milwaukee County and left a trail of damage over many parts of the the county as winds gusted to at least 60 mph. Hundreds of trees were toppled from River Hills in the north part of Milwaukee County to Oak Creek in the southeast corner. Some schools in the county sustained window damage. Widespread urban flooding was reported throughout the city of Milwaukee. At least 600 basements flooded, as well as numerous underpasses, thanks to rains up to 1.75 inches in 30 minutes. In downtown Milwaukee, the rainfall rate was estimated to be six inches per hour, at one point, although it lasted only a few minutes. Meanwhile, further southwest, violent winds toppled large trees south of Milton (Rock County). Urban flooding was reported in Beloit thanks to the intense rains. Large trees were blown over by powerful winds in Whitewater, around Elkhorn, and in Genoa City, all in Walworth County. A roof was torn off a feeder building in Genoa City, and some siding of a home in Whitewater was ripped off by the thunderstorm winds. The squall line took the shape of a bow echo as it tore through Racine County where hundreds of trees were toppled in the Caledonia to Racine area. Measured gusts at the Racine Yahct Club reached 84 mph as windows were blown out of downtown buildings. Urban flooding occurred in the city of Racine due to the torential rains. A business park in Racine sustained major damage to its buildings. Damage in the City of Racine was estimated at about $100 thousand. A lighting bolt damaged computers in the Racine Department of Transportation Emissions building. As the squall line exited Wisconsin, it's severe winds toppled large trees around a golf course in northeastern Kenosha County.

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Wind Report Description: Large trees down.

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Wind Report Description: Trees up to one foot in diameter were blown down. Some structures received roof damage and a few trees were blown on to houses.