Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- August 8, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -91.480
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 8, 1980
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Juneau
- When
- August 8, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- August 8, 2:52 AM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -90.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- August 8, 3:23 AM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -89.730
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, August 8, 1980
- Tornado in New Hampshire, August 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 8, 1980
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 8, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 8, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 8, 1980
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 8, 1980
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1980Every state in 1980This day in weather history
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: 10145860, 10145861, 10145862, 10145863.