Hail, Florence
- When
- August 4, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Florence County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -88.670
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 4, 1989
38 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 44
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
38 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- August 4, 4:57 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.130, -91.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Trempealeau
- When
- August 4, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -91.350
Hail, La Crosse
- When
- August 4, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -91.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Door
- When
- August 4, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Door County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.280, -87.020
Hail, La Crosse
- When
- August 4, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -91.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Door
- When
- August 4, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Door County
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -87.130
Hail, Vernon
- When
- August 4, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -91.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Vernon
- When
- August 4, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -90.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Vernon
- When
- August 4, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -90.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Juneau
- When
- August 4, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -90.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Juneau
- When
- August 4, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -90.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- August 4, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -90.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- August 4, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -90.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Juneau
- When
- August 4, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -89.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- August 4, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -89.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Iowa
- When
- August 4, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Iowa County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -90.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- August 4, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -90.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- August 4, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- August 4, 8:29 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -89.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- August 4, 8:29 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -89.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- August 4, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -89.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- August 4, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -89.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- August 4, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -89.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 4, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 4, 8:47 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- August 4, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.250, -88.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 4, 9:02 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- August 4, 9:03 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -89.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- August 4, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -89.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 4, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -88.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- August 4, 9:22 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -88.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- August 4, 9:24 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -88.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Ozaukee
- When
- August 4, 9:28 PM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee County
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -87.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- August 4, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- August 4, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Coordinates
- 42.900, -88.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- August 4, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -88.370
Hail, Iowa
- When
- August 4, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Iowa County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -89.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Door
- When
- August 4, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Door County
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -87.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- August 4, 9:54 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -87.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Racine
- When
- August 4, 10:09 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -87.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Green
- When
- August 4, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Green County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -89.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- August 4, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -89.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- August 4, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -89.070
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
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 4, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 4, 1989
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 4, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 4, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 4, 1989
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 4, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 4, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 4, 1989
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, August 1989
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: 10160232, 10160445, 10160446, 10160447, 10160448, 10160449, 10160450, 10160451, 10160452, 10160453, 10160454, 10160455, 10160456, 10160457, 10160458, 10160459, 10160460, 10160461, 10160462, 10160463, 10160464, 10160465, 10160466, 10160467, 10160468, 10160469, 10160470, 10160471, 10160472, 10160473, 10160474, 10160475, 10160476, 10160477, 10160478, 10160479, 10160480, 10160481, 10160482, 10160483, and more.