Hail, Dane
- When
- May 21, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -89.070
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 21, 1987
12 hail, 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
12 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 21, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- May 21, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -89.030
Hail, Dodge
- When
- May 21, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -88.700
Hail, Walworth
- When
- May 21, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -88.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- May 21, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -88.330
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 21, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.880, -88.600
Hail, Waukesha
- When
- May 21, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -88.270
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 21, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -88.180
Hail, Waukesha
- When
- May 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -88.370
Hail, Waukesha
- When
- May 21, 7:16 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -88.150
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- May 21, 7:26 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -87.950
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- May 21, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -87.900
Hail, Walworth
- When
- May 21, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -88.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- May 21, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -88.430
What these are
- 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
- Tornado in Alabama, May 21, 1987
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 21, 1987
- Hail in Kansas, May 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 21, 1987
- Hail in Mississippi, May 21, 1987
- Hail in Iowa, May 21, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 21, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 21, 1987
- Tornado in Texas, May 21, 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: 10161421, 10161422, 10162277, 10162278, 10162279, 10162280, 10162281, 10162282, 10162283, 10162284, 10162285, 10162286, 10162287, 10162288, 10162289.