Hail, Kenosha
- When
- June 7, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Kenosha County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -88.230
Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 7, 1978
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Manitowoc
- When
- June 7, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -87.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Outagamie
- When
- June 7, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Outagamie County
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -88.270
Tornado, Manitowoc
- When
- June 7, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.230, -87.750
Hail, Racine
- When
- June 7, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- June 7, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- June 7, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -87.970
What these are
- 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.
- 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 Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 7, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 7, 1978
- Tornado in Iowa, June 7, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 7, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 7, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 7, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 7, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 7, 1978
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1978Every state in 1978This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1978
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: 10148296, 10148297, 10148298, 10148299, 10148300, 10148301, 10148302.