Thunderstorm Wind, Fond du Lac
- When
- August 16, 10:39 AM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -88.180
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 16, 1987
13 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- August 16, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -89.100
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- August 16, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -89.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- August 16, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -89.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 16, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 16, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 42.880, -88.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- August 16, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -88.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- August 16, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -88.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- August 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -88.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Ozaukee
- When
- August 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -87.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- August 16, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -88.700
Tornado, Waukesha
- When
- August 16, 6:37 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -88.370
Tornado, Racine
- When
- August 16, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- August 16, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -88.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- August 16, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -87.970
Tornado, Racine
- When
- August 16, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -87.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Kenosha
- When
- August 16, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kenosha County
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -88.050
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 Illinois, August 16, 1987
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- Tornado in Montana, August 16, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 16, 1987
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: 10160332, 10160333, 10160334, 10160335, 10160336, 10160337, 10160338, 10160339, 10160340, 10160341, 10160342, 10160343, 10160344, 10160345, 10160346, 10160347, 10160348.