Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 23, 9:46 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Helenville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.021, -88.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Wisconsin, March 23, 1994
2 hail, 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
- None recorded
- 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 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Waukesha
- When
- March 23, 10:01 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County, Oconomowoc
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A storm system brought a variety of weather to far northwest and southeast Wisconsin. In the far north, 6 to 12 inches of snow fell causing accidents, closing schools, and halting city and county government operations. Snow totals included 12 inches at Ashland, Ashland County, 11 inches at Washburn, Bayfield County, and 9.5 inches at Port Wing, Bayfield County. In southeast Wisconsin, isolated severe thunderstorms dropped hail up to the size of golfballs over Jefferson and Waukesha Counties.
What these are
- 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
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: 10357886, 10357584.