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Sawyer County WI Sheriff Office
Saturday August 9th, 2025 :: 04:59 a.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:00AM

SVRDLH The National Weather Service in Duluth MN has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Bayfield County in northwestern Wisconsin... Southeastern Douglas County in northwestern Wisconsin... Washburn County in northwestern Wisconsin... Southwestern Ashland County in northwestern Wisconsin... East central Burnett County in northwestern Wisconsin... Sawyer County in northwestern Wisconsin...

* Until 600 AM CDT.

* At 456 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Saint Croix Band Pike Lake area to near Saint Croix Band Bashaw area to near Cumberland, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Shell Lake around 500 AM CDT. Spooner around 505 AM CDT. Trego around 515 AM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Minong, Stone Lake, Hayward, Little Round Lake, Chippewa Flowage West, Round Lake, Couderay and Chief Lake on Chippewa Flowage.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASHLAND, WI ... BAYFIELD, WI ... BURNETT, WI ... DOUGLAS, WI ... SAWYER, WI ... WASHBURN, WI

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
Sawyer County WI Sheriff Office
15880 E 5th St
Hayward, WI 54843

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 715-634-5213

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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