Tornado, Dane
- When
- June 15, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -89.220
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 15, 1981
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $778,000
- 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 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Green
- When
- June 15, 10:25 AM CST
- Where
- Green County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -89.450
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- June 15, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -88.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Manitowoc
- When
- June 15, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc County
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -88.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Fond du Lac
- When
- June 15, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -88.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Fond du Lac
- When
- June 15, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -88.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Manitowoc
- When
- June 15, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -87.670
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- June 15, 1:02 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 23.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.880, -88.930
Tornado, Waukesha
- When
- June 15, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -88.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheboygan
- When
- June 15, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -88.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 15, 1:57 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -88.050
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.
- 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 Oklahoma, June 15, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 15, 1981
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 15, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 15, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 15, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 15, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 15, 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: 10146989, 10146990, 10146991, 10146992, 10146993, 10146994, 10146995, 10146996, 10146997, 10146998, 10146999.