Thunderstorm Wind, St. Croix
- When
- July 24, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- St. Croix County
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -92.530
Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 24, 1986
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 24, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -92.250
Tornado, Vilas
- When
- July 24, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Vilas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.920, -89.530
Hail, Marathon
- When
- July 24, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -89.630
Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- July 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -90.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Langlade
- When
- July 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Langlade County
- Coordinates
- 45.150, -89.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- July 24, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -92.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Pepin
- When
- July 24, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pepin County
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -91.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 24, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 24, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 24, 1986
- Hail in Tennessee, July 24, 1986
- Hail in Colorado, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 24, 1986
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1986Warnings in Wisconsin, July 1986
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: 10161140, 10161141, 10161142, 10161143, 10161144, 10161145, 10161146, 10161147, 10161148.