Tornado table

List of confirmed tornadoes – June 18, 2001
F# Fujita scale The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...	Location	County	Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage
Iowa Iowa Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
F0	N of Modale Modale, Iowa Modale is a city in Harrison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 303 at the 2000 census.Modale just stands for "Missouri-dale", a reference to the nearby Missouri River.-Geography:Modale is located at ....	Harrison Harrison County, Iowa -2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 14,928 in the county, with a population density of . There were 6,731 housing units, of which 5,987 were occupied.-2000 census:...	41.39°N 96.01°W	0059	0.2 mile (0.321868 km)	Brief touchdown in open country, no damage caused.
F0	S of Glidden Glidden, Iowa Glidden is a town in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,253 at the 2000 census.The town is named in honor of Joseph Farwell Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, who invented barbed wire in 1873.-Geography:...	Carroll Carroll County, Iowa -2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 20,816 in the county, with a population density of . There were 9,376 housing units, of which 8,683 were occupied.-2000 census:...	42.03°N 94.44°W	0225	0.2 mile (0.321868 km)	Brief touchdown in open country, $1000 USD in crop damage caused.
Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
F1	E of Day Day, Minnesota Day is an unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.Isanti County Roads 4 and 22 are two of the main routes in the community. State Highway 47 and the community of Dalbo are nearby.-Notes:...	Isanti Isanti County, Minnesota As of the census of 2010, there were 37,816 people, 14,331 households, and 8,415 families residing in the county. The population density was 71 people per square mile . There were 12,062 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile... , Kanabec	45.43°N 93.21°W	0022	8 miles (12.9 km)	Tornado touchdown confirmed, two barns destroyed, a dozen outbuildings damaged. $200,000 USD in damage caused.
Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
F0	W of Tekamah Tekamah, Nebraska Tekamah is a city in Burt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,736 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Burt County.-History:...	Burt Burt County, Nebraska -History:Burt County was formed in 1854. It was named after Francis Burt, the first governor of Nebraska Territory.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 7,791 people, 3,155 households, and 2,240 families residing in the county. The population density was 16 people per square mile . ...	41.47°N 96.19°W	0036	0.1 mile (0.160934 km)	Brief touchdown in open country, no damage caused.
Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
F3	E of Grantsburg Grantsburg, Wisconsin Grantsburg is a village in Burnett County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,369 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Grantsburg.-Claim to fame:...	Burnett, Washburn Washburn County, Wisconsin Washburn County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 16,036. Its county seat is Shell Lake.-Geography:According to the U.S...	45.47°N 92.39°W	0106	30 miles (48.3 km)	2 deaths - see section on this tornado.
Sources: NCDC National Climatic Data Center The United States National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina is the world's largest active archive of weather data. The center became established in late 1951, with the move into the new facility occurring in early 1952....  Storm Events Database tornado list June 18, 2001.

Siren tornado

The Siren tornado was the outbreak's only fatal storm, killing 2 people and injuring another 16. Total damages form the tornado were estimated to be about $10 million USD. The tornado caused the most damage in the village of Siren

Siren, Wisconsin

Siren is a village in Burnett County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 988 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Siren.-Geography:Siren is located at ....

 where most structures were completely destroyed including a brand new hockey arena. A total of 240 buildings were damaged or destroyed by the tornado, and over 100 firefighters helped rescue people trapped in buildings and clean up. Residents also reported cows and other livestock flying through the air during the tornado. Despite a Tornado Warning

Tornado warning

A tornado warning is an alert issued by government weather services to warn that severe thunderstorms with tornadoes may be imminent. It can be issued after a tornado or funnel cloud has been spotted by eye, or more commonly if there are radar indications of tornado formation...

 being issued, Siren's only siren was malfunctioning as a result of a lightning strike in April or May. Police took to the streets, sounding their horns and shouting warnings to local residents, potentially saving lives. The siren system had been scheduled to be repaired the next week.

Aftermath

Following the Siren tornado Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum

Scott McCallum

Scott McCallum is a member of the Republican Party who served as the 43rd Governor of Wisconsin, from 2001 to 2003. Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and...

 viewed the damaged areas via helicopter, and declared a state of emergency. Milwaukee's American Signal Corporation

American Signal Corporation

American Signal Corporation is an outdoor warning siren company in America founded in 1942.-History:The company began as Biersach and Niedermeyer Co. in 1873, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based metal fabricating operation. After the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, concerns surfaced that the American public...

 donated a T-121 siren to the village. The village of Siren received a state grant of $500,000 USD, Burnett and Washburn counties received $250,000 USD from the United States Department of Labor

United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The...

to help rebuild.

External links

• NWS Duluth Event Report