Hail, Lafayette
- When
- March 27, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -90.230
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, March 27, 1991
9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- $7.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- March 27, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -89.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- March 27, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -89.730
Hail, Green
- When
- March 27, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Green County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -89.580
Tornado, Green
- When
- March 27, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Green County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -89.400
Tornado, Rock
- When
- March 27, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -89.370
Tornado, Dane
- When
- March 27, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -89.220
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 27, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -88.980
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- March 27, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -88.980
Hail, Dodge
- When
- March 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Kenosha
- When
- March 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kenosha County
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -87.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- March 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha
- When
- March 27, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -88.220
Hail, Racine
- When
- March 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.800, -87.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -88.250
Hail, Washington
- When
- March 27, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -88.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- March 27, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Measured
- 77 kt (89 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -88.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- March 27, 2:53 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -87.970
Hail, Marquette
- When
- March 27, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Marquette County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -89.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheboygan
- When
- March 27, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan County
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -87.820
Hail, Winnebago
- When
- March 27, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.180, -88.620
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Dane | 1991-03-27 | Direct |
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.
- 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, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 27, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 27, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, March 27, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes in California, March 27, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 27, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 27, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 27, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 27, 1991
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: 10161604, 10161605, 10161606, 10161607, 10161608, 10161609, 10161610, 10161611, 10161612, 10161613, 10161614, 10161615, 10161616, 10161617, 10161618, 10161619, 10161620, 10161621, 10161622, 10161623, 10161624.