Thunderstorm Wind, Eau Claire
- When
- May 26, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -91.500
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 26, 1959
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $775,000
- 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
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Rusk
- When
- May 26, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.330, -91.300
Tornado, Trempealeau
- When
- May 26, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 18.7 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -91.420
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 26, 4:41 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 11.3 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -91.100
Tornado, Clark
- When
- May 26, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -90.930
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 26, 1959
- Tornadoes in Illinois, May 26, 1959
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1959
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 26, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 26, 1959
- Hail in South Dakota, May 26, 1959
- Tornado in Indiana, May 26, 1959
More
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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: 10149075, 10149076, 10149077, 10145486, 10145487.