Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 26 to 28, 1994

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 26 to 28, 1994
Start: 1994-04-26T11:00
End: 1994-04-28T19:00
Location: Wisconsin

April 26 to 28, 1994 · 26 events in 12 counties and zones

18 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 24 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: $1.7 million
Crop damage: $1.6 million
Events: 26

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

18 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pierce

When: April 26, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Pierce County, Trimbelle
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 44.720, -92.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, St. Croix

When: April 26, 11:00 AM CST
Where: St. Croix County, Burkhardt
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 45.034, -92.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Croix

When: April 26, 11:00 AM CST
Where: St. Croix County, Hudson
Coordinates: 45.034, -92.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pierce

When: April 26, 11:01 AM CST
Where: Pierce County, Ellsworth
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 44.720, -92.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pierce

When: April 26, 11:05 AM CST
Where: Pierce County, Beldenville
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 44.720, -92.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, St. Croix

When: April 26, 11:25 AM CST
Where: St. Croix County, Baldwin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 45.034, -92.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, St. Croix

When: April 26, 11:30 AM CST
Where: St. Croix County, Glenwood City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 45.034, -92.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Polk

When: April 26, 11:35 AM CST
Where: Polk County, Osceola
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 45.461, -92.441 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dunn

When: April 26, 11:35 AM CST
Where: Dunn County, Downing
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 44.947, -91.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dunn

When: April 26, 11:43 AM CST
Where: Dunn County, Knapp
Coordinates: 44.947, -91.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Dunn

When: April 26, 11:50 AM CST
Where: Dunn County, Connorsville
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 44.947, -91.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Barron

When: April 26, 12:01 PM CST to 12:10 PM CST
Where: Barron County, Reeve to Canton to
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 45.424, -91.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Dunn and Barron

When: April 26, 12:03 PM CST to 12:11 PM CST
Where: Dunn and Barron County, Ridgeland to to Prairie Farm
Rating: F1
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 1,200 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 44.947, -91.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Barron

When: April 26, 12:10 PM CST
Where: Barron County, Cameron
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 45.424, -91.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Barron

When: April 26, 12:15 PM CST
Where: Barron County, Rice Lake
Measured: 2 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 45.424, -91.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Barron

When: April 26, 12:18 PM CST
Where: Barron County, Canton
Rating: F2
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 1,200 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 45.424, -91.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Rusk

When: April 26, 12:35 PM CST
Where: Rusk County, Weyerhaeuser
Coordinates: 45.475, -91.133 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sawyer

When: April 26, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Sawyer County, Exeland
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 45.880, -91.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Price

When: April 26, 1:20 PM CST to 1:44 PM CST
Where: Price County, Ogema to to Prentice
Rating: F2
Path length: 12 mi
Path width: 1,200 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 45.400, -90.370

Severe thunderstorm winds caused property damage just north of Downing, Dunn County. A tornado skipped along a 12-mile path in Price County from four miles southwest of Ogema to two miles northeast of Prentice. Along its path, the tornado damaged a construction company shed, knocked a garage against a home, rolled a large mobile home onto its top, demolished a cabin trailer and barn, and damaged a farm home.

Hail, Sawyer

When: April 26, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Sawyer County, Radisson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 45.880, -91.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Price

When: April 26, 1:45 PM CST
Where: Price County, Park Falls
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 45.680, -90.361 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Price

When: April 26, 1:55 PM CST
Where: Price County, Park Falls
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 45.680, -90.361 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Vilas

When: April 26, 2:20 PM CST to 2:55 PM CST
Where: Vilas County, Arbor Vitae to Conover to 3 Se Land
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 46.053, -89.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Oneida

When: April 26, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Oneida County, Woodruff
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 45.706, -89.522 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms tracked across northwest and north-central Wisconsin with violent damaging winds, hail up tennis ball size and three tornadoes. A tornado set down in northern Dunn County four miles west southwest of Ridgeland and traveled four miles northeastward into Barron County before lifting two miles southeast of Prairie Farm. The tornado damaged 13 homes, three barns, numerous small outbuildings as well as trees and power lines. In addition, it destroyed a large turkey farm building scattering 10,000 dead turkeys for miles. Another tornado skipped along a four mile path in Barron County east of Canton. Three barns and three mobile homes were either damaged or destroyed by the twister as well as several outbuildings and many trees and power lines. Damage totaled near $1.8 million in Barron County and $200,000 in Dunn County. A tornado touched down in Vilas County just north of Conover damaging a house and leveling hundreds of trees along its 4.5 mile path into the Nicolet National Forest.

Hail, Wiz001 - 006 - 007 - 014 - 015

When: April 26, 2:30 PM CST to April 28, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Wiz001 - 006 - 007 - 014 - 015 County, Arbor Vitae
Measured: 1 in hail

Up to eight inches of snow fell across far northwest Wisconsin causing a few school closings and several accidents. Snow totals included eight inches at Spooner, Shell Lake and Sarona, Washburn County, Poplar, Douglas County, and Siren, Burnett County.

Tornado, Vilas

When: April 26, 3:05 PM CST
Where: Vilas County
Rating: F1
Path length: 4.5 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 46.053, -89.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Wisconsin in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1994 Warnings in Wisconsin, April 1994

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: 10357064, 10357538, 10357539, 10357065, 10357066, 10357540, 10357541, 10357071, 10357842, 10357843, 10357844, 10357703, 10357855, 10357704, 10357705, 10357706, 10357426, 10357529, 10357286, 10357530, 10357287, 10357288, 10357378, 10357640, 10357583, 10357379.