Tornado, Marinette
- When
- August 19, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marinette County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 21.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -88.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 19, 1968
4 tornado, 2 hail, 1 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 10
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- 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
4 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Marinette
- When
- August 19, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marinette County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -87.780
Hail, La Crosse
- When
- August 19, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -91.280
Thunderstorm Wind, La Crosse
- When
- August 19, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -91.280
Tornado, Marathon
- When
- August 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.3 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.870, -90.120
Tornado, Green Lake
- When
- August 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Green Lake County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -88.970
Tornado, Fond du Lac
- When
- August 19, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 26.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -88.900
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado in Minnesota, August 19, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 19, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 19, 1968
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 19, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 19, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 19, 1968
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 19, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 19, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 19, 1968
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 19, 1968
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: 10149793, 10149794, 10149795, 10149796, 10149797, 10145573, 10145574.