Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- July 12, 1:24 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -88.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 12, 1986
3 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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
3 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- July 12, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -89.630
Hail, Columbia
- When
- July 12, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -89.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- July 12, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -89.280
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- July 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -88.780
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- July 12, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -88.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 12, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -88.180
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 12, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 12, 1986
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: 10160256, 10160257, 10160258, 10160259, 10160260, 10160261, 10160262.