Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 12, 1974

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 12, 1974
Start: 1974-04-12T13:10
End: 1974-04-12T14:15
Location: Wisconsin

April 12, 1974 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

2 tornado, 1 hail, 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: 1
Property damage: $275,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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

2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kenosha

When: April 12, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Kenosha County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 42.550, -88.300

Tornado, Marathon

When: April 12, 2:05 PM CST
Where: Marathon County
Rating: F2
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 45.030, -90.170

Tornado, Shawano

When: April 12, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Shawano County
Rating: F2
Path length: 10.7 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 44.830, -89.170

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 1974 Every state in 1974 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1974

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: 10147102, 10147947, 10147948.