Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- October 16, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -90.600
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, October 16, 1984
27 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 29
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
27 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- October 16, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Coordinates
- 44.720, -92.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- October 16, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 43.250, -90.630
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Croix
- When
- October 16, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Croix County
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -92.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- October 16, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -90.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- October 16, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- October 16, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -90.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- October 16, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 45.250, -92.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- October 16, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -89.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- October 16, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -90.200
Tornado, Juneau
- When
- October 16, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.770, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- October 16, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -90.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Barron
- When
- October 16, 8:47 PM CST
- Where
- Barron County
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -91.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- October 16, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Coordinates
- 43.480, -89.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- October 16, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -89.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Juneau
- When
- October 16, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- October 16, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -89.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Sawyer
- When
- October 16, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sawyer County
- Coordinates
- 45.930, -91.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- October 16, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -90.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- October 16, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -89.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- October 16, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -89.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- October 16, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Coordinates
- 44.430, -90.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconto
- When
- October 16, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oconto County
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -88.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- October 16, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 45.170, -89.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Marathon
- When
- October 16, 10:17 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -89.970
Tornado, Fond du Lac
- When
- October 16, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- October 16, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -88.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- October 16, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Coordinates
- 42.980, -88.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- October 16, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -88.080
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
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, October 16, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, October 16, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, October 16, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, October 16, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, October 16, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, October 16, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 16, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, October 16, 1984
- Tornado in Kansas, October 16, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, October 16, 1984
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: 10160697, 10160698, 10160699, 10160700, 10160701, 10160702, 10160703, 10160704, 10160705, 10160706, 10160707, 10160708, 10160709, 10160710, 10160711, 10161068, 10161069, 10161070, 10161071, 10161072, 10161073, 10161074, 10161075, 10161076, 10161077, 10161078, 10161079, 10161080, 10161081.