Area dodges projected tornado hit as tree limbs fall,lightning strikes across area

It could have been worse, much worse. After three city-wide siren blasts on Wednesday July 28 near 9 p.m., residents knew something special, was up.

There were also phone alerts and the steady rumble overhead, with black skies flashing purple as lightning and thunder battled it out in the ski.

Luckily, the worst never touched down, as cloud rotation detected on radar between Cornell and Cadott chose to stay away for another day—if you think clouds have self-awareness and cognition, that is.

In the meantime, rain fell, thunder rumbled rather steady, rivers swelled from rain, both dead (and live!) wood fell around the area as trees lost their footing or tops, and the Stanley area was treated to a light show with a projected half-dollar size hail and a tornado warning, possible areas to be affected including “Boyd and Stanley Wisconsin,” per a Facebook posting by Bill Graul of WKBT .

In the end, the tornado didn’t come, and this is one forecasted non-event we’re not complaining about.

What did happen in Stanley July 28.

What could have happened if a then-live severe weather map prediction at tornadohq.com had played out. Radar detected cloud rotation (dotted circle) did not coalesce at full strength, though six tornados were con- firmed elsewhere in the state.

The Patten Street aftermath in Boyd Thursday morning as dead wood came falling down from above.