Thunderstorm Wind, Sheboygan
- When
- August 9, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan County
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -87.720
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 9, 1979
14 tornado, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $800,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
14 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sauk
- When
- August 9, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -89.650
Tornado, Marquette
- When
- August 9, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marquette County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -89.580
Tornado, Marquette
- When
- August 9, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Marquette County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -89.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Marquette
- When
- August 9, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Marquette County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -89.480
Tornado, Fond du Lac
- When
- August 9, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -90.400
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- August 9, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -90.370
Tornado, Juneau
- When
- August 9, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -90.320
Tornado, Calumet
- When
- August 9, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Calumet County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -88.300
Tornado, Brown
- When
- August 9, 6:56 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -87.980
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- August 9, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -88.700
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- August 9, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -88.680
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- August 9, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -88.830
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- August 9, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -88.720
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- August 9, 7:52 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -88.600
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- August 9, 9:09 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -88.680
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Calumet | 1979-08-09 | Direct |
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
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: 10146937, 10146938, 10146939, 10146940, 10146941, 10146942, 10146943, 10146944, 10146945, 10146946, 10146947, 10146948, 10146949, 10146950, 10146951, 10146952.