Wisconsin, 1959

Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 10, 1959

May 10, 1959 · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

3 hail, 2 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Property damage
$2.5 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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

3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burnett

When
May 10, 4:32 PM CST
Where
Burnett County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
45.780, -92.680

Hail, Iowa

When
May 10, 4:33 PM CST
Where
Iowa County
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
43.200, -90.180

Hail, Juneau

When
May 10, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Juneau County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
43.700, -90.280

Tornado, Columbia

When
May 10, 7:20 PM CST
Where
Columbia County
Rating
F1
Path length
2.2 mi
Path width
33 yd
Property damage
$3,000
Coordinates
43.570, -89.500

Tornado, Brown

When
May 10, 8:50 PM CST
Where
Brown County
Rating
F2
Path length
4.3 mi
Path width
33 yd
Injuries
3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
44.480, -88.050

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

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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: 10149067, 10149068, 10149069, 10149070, 10149071.