Hail, Monroe
- When
- May 30, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -90.820
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 1980
9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $300,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sauk
- When
- May 30, 1:19 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -89.880
Hail, Sauk
- When
- May 30, 1:21 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.480, -89.920
Hail, Adams
- When
- May 30, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -89.900
Hail, Columbia
- When
- May 30, 2:22 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -89.520
Tornado, Shawano
- When
- May 30, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shawano County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.770, -88.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- May 30, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -89.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- May 30, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -89.800
Tornado, Oconto
- When
- May 30, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Oconto County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -87.880
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 30, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.230, -88.100
Hail, Waukesha
- When
- May 30, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -88.220
Hail, Ozaukee
- When
- May 30, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -87.980
Hail, Waukesha
- When
- May 30, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -88.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Waupaca
- When
- May 30, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Waupaca County
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -88.750
Tornado, Outagamie
- When
- May 30, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Outagamie County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -88.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Ozaukee
- When
- May 30, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -87.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Oneida
- When
- May 30, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Oneida County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.630, -89.420
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 30, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 30, 1980
- Tornado in Colorado, May 30, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 30, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 30, 1980
- Hail in Texas, May 30, 1980
- Hail in Missouri, May 30, 1980
- Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 30, 1980
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 30, 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: 10148100, 10148101, 10148102, 10148103, 10148104, 10148105, 10146626, 10146627, 10146628, 10146629, 10146630, 10146631, 10146632, 10146633, 10146634, 10146635, 10146636.