Tornado, Oconto
- When
- June 16, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Oconto County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -88.300
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 1979
10 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- $5.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marinette
- When
- June 16, 9:35 AM CST
- Where
- Marinette County
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -87.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- June 16, 11:09 AM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -92.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Eau Claire
- When
- June 16, 11:16 AM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -90.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- June 16, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Coordinates
- 44.680, -92.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- June 16, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -92.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- June 16, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -91.380
Tornado, Trempealeau
- When
- June 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -91.470
Tornado, Eau Claire
- When
- June 16, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 14.9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -91.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Eau Claire
- When
- June 16, 3:23 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -90.970
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.380, -89.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -89.530
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- June 16, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.350, -89.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- June 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 44.770, -90.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Marathon
- When
- June 16, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -89.330
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.
- 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
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: 10146111, 10146112, 10146113, 10146114, 10146115, 10146116, 10146117, 10146118, 10146119, 10146120, 10146121, 10146122, 10146123, 10148376, 10148377.