Tornado, St. Croix
- When
- July 6, 3:08 PM CST
- Where
- St. Croix County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -92.600
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 6, 1987
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $2.5 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
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Croix
- When
- July 6, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- St. Croix County
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -92.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- July 6, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -88.480
Tornado, Waukesha
- When
- July 6, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -88.270
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- July 6, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -87.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- July 6, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -87.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- July 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -89.220
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 6, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 6, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 6, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 6, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, July 6, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 6, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, July 6, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 6, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 6, 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: 10162560, 10162561, 10158939, 10158940, 10158941, 10158942, 10158943.