Hail, Vernon
- When
- June 5, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -91.220
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 5, 1980
8 tornado, 6 hail, 5 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $3.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
8 tornado, 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- June 5, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -87.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- June 5, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -87.970
Hail, Racine
- When
- June 5, 11:16 AM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -87.800
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- June 5, 11:17 AM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -87.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- June 5, 11:44 AM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -88.330
Hail, Waukesha
- When
- June 5, 11:56 AM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Eau Claire
- When
- June 5, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -91.480
Tornado, La Crosse
- When
- June 5, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -91.070
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- June 5, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 70.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -91.050
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- June 5, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 26.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -91.220
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- June 5, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -91.280
Thunderstorm Wind, La Crosse
- When
- June 5, 9:02 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -91.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- June 5, 9:31 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -89.880
Tornado, Fond du Lac
- When
- June 5, 9:42 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -88.770
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- June 5, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -88.700
Tornado, Green
- When
- June 5, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Green County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -89.600
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- June 5, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -88.770
Tornado, Waukesha
- When
- June 5, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -88.570
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.
- 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
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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: 10146637, 10146638, 10146639, 10146640, 10146641, 10146642, 10146643, 10146644, 10146645, 10146646, 10146647, 10146648, 10146649, 10146650, 10146651, 10146652, 10146653, 10146654, 10146655.