Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, September 13, 1993

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, September 13, 1993
Start: 1993-09-13T05:50
End: 1993-09-13T08:07
Location: Wisconsin

September 13, 1993 · 10 events in 5 counties and zones

7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.0 million
Crop damage: $135,000
Events: 10

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

7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Barron

When: September 13, 5:50 AM CST
Where: Barron County, Cumberland
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 45.424, -91.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Barron

When: September 13, 5:50 AM CST
Where: Barron County, Cumberland
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 45.530, -92.030

Tornado, Price

When: September 13, 6:40 AM CST
Where: Price County, Kennen
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 45.580, -90.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Sawyer

When: September 13, 6:40 AM CST
Where: Sawyer County, Hayward
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 45.880, -91.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sawyer

When: September 13, 6:48 AM CST
Where: Sawyer County, Couderay
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 45.880, -91.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sawyer

When: September 13, 7:04 AM CST
Where: Sawyer County, Seeley
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 45.880, -91.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Vilas

When: September 13, 7:50 AM CST
Where: Vilas County, Arbor Vitae
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 46.053, -89.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Vilas

When: September 13, 8:07 AM CST
Where: Vilas County to Lac du Flambeau
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 46.053, -89.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Vilas

When: September 13, 8:07 AM CST
Where: Vilas County, Arbor Vitae
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 46.053, -89.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Oneida

When: September 13, 8:07 AM CST
Where: Oneida County, Woodruff
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 45.706, -89.522 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A line of severe thunderstorms rolled across northwest and north-central Wisconsin dropping hail up to 2.00 inches in diameter, generating winds up to 66 mph and producing two small tornadoes. A tornado struck just west of Cumberland in Barron County destroying a barn, damaging a house and uprooting 14 large trees. Another tornado set down briefly 2.5 miles north of Kennen in Price County damaging a roof on an old barn and some trees. Intense thunderstorm winds struck the Cumberland area in Barron County causing $120,000 in damage to 3 barns and 15 homes. Elsewhere damage was limited to trees and power lines.

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1993 Warnings in Wisconsin, September 1993

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: 10357701, 10357702, 10357285, 10357492, 10357527, 10357528, 10357375, 10357376, 10357377, 10357639.