Thunderstorm Wind, Waushara
- When
- August 4, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara County
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -89.280
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 4, 1988
14 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 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
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawano
- When
- August 4, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Shawano County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.770, -88.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Calumet
- When
- August 4, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calumet County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -88.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- August 4, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -88.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconto
- When
- August 4, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Oconto County
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -88.050
Tornado, Manitowoc
- When
- August 4, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -87.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Manitowoc
- When
- August 4, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc County
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -87.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Fond du Lac
- When
- August 4, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -88.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Fond du Lac
- When
- August 4, 3:51 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- August 4, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -88.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- August 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Coordinates
- 42.880, -88.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- August 4, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -88.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Racine
- When
- August 4, 8:04 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- August 4, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -87.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Racine
- When
- August 4, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Coordinates
- 42.800, -88.020
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Maine, August 4, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 4, 1988
- Hail in New Mexico, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 4, 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: 10162629, 10162630, 10162631, 10158724, 10158725, 10158726, 10158727, 10158728, 10158729, 10158730, 10158731, 10158732, 10158733, 10158734, 10158735.