Tornado, Polk
- When
- July 10, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.330, -92.330
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 10, 1966
10 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 11
- Property damage
- $925,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
10 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sawyer
- When
- July 10, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sawyer County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -91.500
Tornado, Pierce
- When
- July 10, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.750, -92.500
Thunderstorm Wind, La Crosse
- When
- July 10, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -91.280
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- July 10, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.430, -91.000
Tornado, La Crosse
- When
- July 10, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -91.230
Tornado, La Crosse
- When
- July 10, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -91.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- July 10, 9:21 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -90.500
Tornado, Waushara
- When
- July 10, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -89.570
Tornado, Dane
- When
- July 10, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -89.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Fond du Lac
- When
- July 10, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -88.780
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- July 10, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -91.180
Tornado, Waukesha
- When
- July 10, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -88.250
Tornado, Racine
- When
- July 10, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- July 10, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -88.280
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, July 10, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 10, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 10, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 10, 1966
- Hail in Indiana, July 10, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 10, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 10, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 10, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 10, 1966
- Hail in Idaho, July 10, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 10, 1966
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: 10148361, 10148362, 10148363, 10148364, 10148365, 10148366, 10148367, 10148368, 10148369, 10148370, 10148371, 10148372, 10148373, 10148374, 10148375.