Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 23, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -88.900
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 23, 1966
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- May 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -88.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Fond du Lac
- When
- May 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -88.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheboygan
- When
- May 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan County
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -87.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Calumet
- When
- May 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calumet County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -88.180
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 Texas, May 23, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 23, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 23, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 23, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 23, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 23, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 23, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 23, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 23, 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: 10148342, 10148343, 10148344, 10148345, 10148346.