Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- June 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -92.630
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 19, 1979
6 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $250,000
- 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
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- June 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -92.470
Thunderstorm Wind, La Crosse
- When
- June 19, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -91.250
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Croix
- When
- June 19, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Croix County
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -92.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- June 19, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.870, -91.480
Tornado, Chippewa
- When
- June 19, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -91.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Barron
- When
- June 19, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Barron County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -91.850
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 19, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 19, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 19, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 19, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 19, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 19, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 19, 1979
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: 10148378, 10148379, 10148380, 10148381, 10148382, 10148383, 10148384.