Thunderstorm Wind, Buffalo
- When
- August 18, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Fountain City
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -91.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm downed several trees near Fountain City.
Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 18, 1993
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $10,000
- Events
- 2
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
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Buffalo
- When
- August 18, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Fountain City
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -91.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm downed several trees near Fountain City.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 18, 1993
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 18, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 18, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 18, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, August 18, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 18, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 18, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 18, 1993
- Hail in Arkansas, August 18, 1993
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: 10357740, 10357741.