Thunderstorm Wind, Sheboygan
- When
- August 3, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -88.050
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 3, 1988
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheboygan
- When
- August 3, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan County
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -87.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Manitowoc
- When
- August 3, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -87.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Racine
- When
- August 3, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -87.800
Tornado, Ashland
- When
- August 3, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ashland County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.300, -90.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Dunn
- When
- August 3, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -92.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- August 3, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Coordinates
- 45.100, -91.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 3, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -92.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 3, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -92.470
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 in Virginia, August 3, 1988
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- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 3, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 3, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 3, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 3, 1988
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: 10162620, 10162621, 10162622, 10162623, 10162624, 10162625, 10162626, 10162627, 10162628.