Hail, La Crosse
- When
- April 3, 8:58 AM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -91.230
Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, April 3, 1981
6 hail, 4 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Monroe
- When
- April 3, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -90.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- April 3, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -89.770
Hail, Wood
- When
- April 3, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -89.820
Hail, Winnebago
- When
- April 3, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -88.720
Hail, Winnebago
- When
- April 3, 9:33 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -88.530
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- April 3, 10:11 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -90.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- April 3, 11:13 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -89.330
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- April 3, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 3, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- April 3, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -88.700
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
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 3, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 3, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 3, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 3, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 3, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 3, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 3, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, April 3, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 3, 1981
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: 10145891, 10145892, 10145893, 10145894, 10145895, 10145896, 10145897, 10145898, 10145899, 10145900, 10145901.