Hail, Washburn
- When
- August 29, 3:13 PM CST
- Where
- Washburn County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -91.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 29, 1992
8 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 30
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- August 29, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -91.200
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- August 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -91.680
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- August 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -91.120
Hail, Trempealeau
- When
- August 29, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -91.220
Hail, Jackson
- When
- August 29, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -91.020
Hail, Juneau
- When
- August 29, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -90.300
Hail, Juneau
- When
- August 29, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -90.270
Tornado, Adams
- When
- August 29, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -89.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Eau Claire
- When
- August 29, 5:10 PM PST
- Where
- Eau Claire County
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -91.480
Tornado, Waushara
- When
- August 29, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 28 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 30 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -89.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- August 29, 6:39 PM PST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -89.970
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, Waushara | 1992-08-29 | 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.
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1992Every state in 1992This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1992Warnings in Wisconsin, August 1992
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: 10155512, 10155513, 10155514, 10155515, 10155516, 10155517, 10155518, 10155519, 10162790, 10162788, 10162791, 10162789.