Tornado, La Crosse
- When
- April 19, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -91.170
Tornadoes in Wisconsin, April 19, 1957
7 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $825,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Juneau
- When
- April 19, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 21.1 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -90.180
Tornado, Portage
- When
- April 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Portage County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -89.520
Tornado, Waushara
- When
- April 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 22.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -89.400
Tornado, Walworth
- When
- April 19, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -88.330
Tornado, Racine
- When
- April 19, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -88.300
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- April 19, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -90.430
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Juneau | 1957-04-19 | Direct |
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1957Every state in 1957This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1957
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10147944, 10147945, 10147946, 10148795, 10148796, 10148797, 10148798.