Name: Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 7, 1994
Start: 1994-07-07T11:50
End: 1994-07-07T17:00
Location: Wisconsin

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 10 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $66,000
Events: 11

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

6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge

When: July 7, 11:50 AM CST
Where: Dodge County, Beaver Dam
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Dodge

When: July 7, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Dodge County, Beaver Dam
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge

When: July 7, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Dodge County, Juneau
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Green

When: July 7, 12:56 PM CST
Where: Green County, New Glarus
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 42.680, -89.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Dane

When: July 7, 1:01 PM CST
Where: Dane County, Paoli
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Rock

When: July 7, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Rock County, Janesville
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 42.671, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Iowa

When: July 7, 1:13 PM CST
Where: Iowa County, Mineral Pt
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 43.001, -90.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk

When: July 7, 1:52 PM CST
Where: Sauk County, Du Sac to Merrimac
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Green Lake

When: July 7, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Green Lake County, Princeton
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 25 yd
Coordinates: 43.880, -89.120

Thunderstorm Wind, Juneau

When: July 7, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Juneau County, Mauston
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 43.924, -90.114 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: July 7, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Merrillan
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 44.319, -90.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.
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.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Wisconsin in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1994 Warnings in Wisconsin, July 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: 10357805, 10357806, 10357807, 10357939, 10357784, 10357407, 10358032, 10357479, 10357988, 10357955, 10358039.