Severe Thunderstorms Roar Across North-Central and Northeast Wisconsin

Thunderstorms with winds over 60 mph and hail produced widespread damage across north-central, central, and northeast Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening of June 10, 2016, as a weather system moved over the region. Some of the hardest hit areas were in parts of Oneida and Vilas counties and southern Brown and Manitowoc counties. Over 50,000 people were without power Friday evening.

Reports of funnel clouds were also received, but many were likely "scud" clouds associated with the shelf cloud pushing out ahead of the line of storms. A brief tornado occurred in Outagamie County near Mackville, but only a few tree limbs were damaged according to law enforcement and storm spotters. Click here for more information about the tornado. Most damage was caused by straight-line thunderstorm winds known as "downbursts."

Here is a radar loop showing the squall line of thunderstorms moving across the area.

Here are close up radar images (still and loop) from the NWS Green Bay Doppler radar showing reflectivity (left) and velocity as the severe storms were moving from Brown into Manitowoc County.

A preliminary summary of damage reports are below.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
929 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MANITOWISH WATERS       46.13N 89.88W
06/10/2016                   VILAS              WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. ALSO PEA
            SIZE HAIL.

0418 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MINOCQUA                45.86N 89.69W
06/10/2016                   ONEIDA             WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREES DOWN, SOME ON A BUILDING. TIME ESTIMATED.

0422 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ARBOR VITAE             45.91N 89.65W
06/10/2016                   VILAS              WI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES DOWN. REPORT RELAYED BY WJFW-TV.

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TRIPOLI                 45.55N 90.00W
06/10/2016                   LINCOLN            WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A COUPLE TREES ON POWER LINES.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SUGAR CAMP              45.78N 89.30W
06/10/2016                   ONEIDA             WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A FEW TREES DOWN.

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S CRANDON             45.55N 88.90W
06/10/2016                   FOREST             WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A COUPLE TREES DOWN NEAR METONGA LAKE.

0514 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SUMMIT LAKE             45.38N 89.19W
06/10/2016                   LANGLADE           WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES ON POWER LINE.

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GOODMAN                 45.63N 88.34W
06/10/2016                   MARINETTE          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PEMBINE                 45.63N 88.00W
06/10/2016                   MARINETTE          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE PEMBINE AND AMBERG
            AREAS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0547 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE BRYANT             45.25N 88.95W
06/10/2016                   LANGLADE           WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN EASTERN LANGLADE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED.

0547 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNW MOUNTAIN          45.23N 88.50W
06/10/2016                   OCONTO             WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR CROOKED LAKE.

0555 PM     TSTM WND GST     SPENCER                 44.76N 90.28W
06/10/2016  E60.00 MPH       MARATHON           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0558 PM     HAIL             ANTIGO                  45.15N 89.15W
06/10/2016  E0.75 INCH       LANGLADE           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WAUSAUKEE               45.36N 87.94W
06/10/2016                   MARINETTE          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0603 PM     TSTM WND GST     MARSHFIELD              44.66N 90.16W
06/10/2016  M55.00 MPH       WOOD               WI   ASOS

0604 PM     TSTM WND GST     MARSHFIELD              44.66N 90.16W
06/10/2016  M61.00 MPH       WOOD               WI   ASOS

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WISCONSIN RAPIDS        44.40N 89.84W
06/10/2016                   WOOD               WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AROUND WISCONSIN RAPIDS AREA.
            ALSO TREES DOWN OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

0642 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST PLOVER                  44.45N 89.53W
06/10/2016  M59.00 MPH       PORTAGE            WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

0645 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NW KEENE              44.39N 89.49W
06/10/2016  E60.00 MPH       PORTAGE            WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ON I-39. BLOWING DIRT/DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY. POSSIBLE
            GUSTNADO OBSERVED.

0646 PM     HAIL             HOGARTY                 45.03N 89.31W
06/10/2016  M1.00 INCH       MARATHON           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0715 PM     TSTM WND GST     KESHENA                 44.88N 88.63W
06/10/2016  M47.00 MPH       MENOMINEE          WI   MESONET

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRESHAM                 44.84N 88.78W
06/10/2016                   SHAWANO            WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN

0738 PM     HAIL             2 SE SHAWANO            44.76N 88.56W
06/10/2016  E1.00 INCH       SHAWANO            WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0740 PM     TSTM WND GST     CLINTONVILLE            44.61N 88.75W
06/10/2016  E60.00 MPH       WAUPACA            WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0758 PM     TSTM WND GST     GREEN BAY               44.51N 88.00W
06/10/2016  E55.00 MPH       BROWN              WI   ASOS

0815 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DE PERE                 44.45N 88.05W
06/10/2016                   BROWN              WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
            THE COUNTY.

0840 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MANITOWOC               44.08N 87.66W
06/10/2016                   MANITOWOC          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY OF MANITOWOC AND IN
            THE COUNTY. WINDS ESTIMATED WELL OVER 60 MPH.