Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- May 17, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -89.730
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 17, 1982
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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, 3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- May 17, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -89.620
Tornado, Trempealeau
- When
- May 17, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -91.420
Tornado, Buffalo
- When
- May 17, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Vernon
- When
- May 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -90.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Vernon
- When
- May 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -90.680
Thunderstorm Wind, La Crosse
- When
- May 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -91.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- May 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -89.000
Hail, Fond du Lac
- When
- May 17, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -88.280
Tornado, Columbia
- When
- May 17, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -89.100
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 17, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 17, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 17, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 17, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 17, 1982
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1982
- Hail in Georgia, May 17, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 17, 1982
- Hail in Tennessee, May 17, 1982
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: 10148141, 10148142, 10148143, 10148144, 10148145, 10148146, 10148147, 10148148, 10148149, 10148150.