Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 19, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -92.470
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 1986
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- None recorded
- 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
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washburn
- When
- July 19, 1:28 AM CST
- Where
- Washburn County
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -91.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 19, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -92.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Marathon
- When
- July 19, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Marathon County
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -89.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- July 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -87.870
Hail, Racine
- When
- July 19, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -87.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Racine
- When
- July 19, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -87.800
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 19, 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: 10160282, 10160283, 10160284, 10160285, 10160286, 10161138, 10161139.