Hail, Buffalo
- When
- June 5, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -91.800
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 5, 1977
5 tornado, 3 hail, 2 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $7.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
5 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- June 5, 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -88.930
Hail, Taylor
- When
- June 5, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -90.200
Hail, Vernon
- When
- June 5, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -91.220
Tornado, Fond du Lac
- When
- June 5, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 11.2 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -88.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- June 5, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -88.730
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- June 5, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 25.4 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -88.700
Tornado, Washington
- When
- June 5, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 11.1 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -88.430
Tornado, Waukesha
- When
- June 5, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 21.8 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -88.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Racine
- When
- June 5, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -88.050
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.
- 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 and Hail in Wyoming, June 5, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 5, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 5, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 5, 1977
- Hail in Ohio, June 5, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 5, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 5, 1977
- Tornado in Florida, June 5, 1977
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: 10146896, 10146897, 10146898, 10146899, 10146900, 10146901, 10146902, 10146903, 10146904, 10146905.