Thunderstorm Wind, Trempealeau
- When
- June 23, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -91.350
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 23, 1981
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $250,000
- 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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, La Crosse
- When
- June 23, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -91.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- June 23, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -90.820
Tornado, La Crosse
- When
- June 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -91.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- June 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- June 23, 10:32 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -89.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- June 23, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -89.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- June 23, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -90.630
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 23, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 23, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 23, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 23, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 23, 1981
- Hail in Mississippi, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 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: 10147001, 10147002, 10147003, 10147004, 10147005, 10147006, 10147007, 10147008.