Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- May 11, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -92.450
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 11, 1985
5 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dunn
- When
- May 11, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -92.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- May 11, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -89.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- May 11, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -88.880
Tornado, Green Lake
- When
- May 11, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Green Lake County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -88.980
Tornado, Fond du Lac
- When
- May 11, 11:36 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -88.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 11, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -88.930
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 Iowa, May 11, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 11, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 11, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 11, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 11, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 11, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 11, 1985
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: 10161319, 10161320, 10161321, 10161322, 10161323, 10161324, 10161325.