Tornado, Columbia
- When
- July 29, 12:07 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -89.320
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 29, 1980
3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- $53,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Columbia
- When
- July 29, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -89.250
Hail, Columbia
- When
- July 29, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -89.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- July 29, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -89.900
Hail, Dodge
- When
- July 29, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -88.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- July 29, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -88.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- July 29, 3:05 AM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.980, -88.220
Tornado, Waukesha
- When
- July 29, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -88.250
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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 29, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 29, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 29, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 29, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 29, 1980
- Tornado in California, July 29, 1980
- Hail in Ohio, July 29, 1980
- Hail in North Dakota, July 29, 1980
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: 10149204, 10149205, 10149206, 10149207, 10149208, 10149209, 10149210, 10149211.