Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 31, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 31, 1995
Start: 1995-07-31T13:15
End: 1995-07-31T19:00
Location: Wisconsin

July 31, 1995 · 25 events in 14 counties and zones

23 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 25 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: $1,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 25

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.

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Event by event

23 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Forest

When: July 31, 1:15 PM CST
Where: Forest County, Laona
Coordinates: 45.667, -88.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Richland

When: July 31, 2:33 PM CST
Where: Richland County, Boaz
Coordinates: 43.376, -90.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Richland

When: July 31, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Richland County, Richland Center
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 43.376, -90.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Marinette

When: July 31, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Marinette County, Crivitz
Coordinates: 45.351, -88.002 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Waushara

When: July 31, 2:53 PM CST
Where: Waushara County, Wautoma
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 44.113, -89.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Waushara

When: July 31, 3:08 PM CST
Where: Waushara County, Redgranite
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 44.113, -89.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Waupaca

When: July 31, 3:17 PM CST
Where: Waupaca County, Rothschild
Coordinates: 44.470, -88.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Waupaca

When: July 31, 3:33 PM CST
Where: Waupaca County, Waupaca
Coordinates: 44.470, -88.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Langlade

When: July 31, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Langlade County, Antigo
Coordinates: 45.262, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago

When: July 31, 3:46 PM CST
Where: Winnebago County, Neenah
Coordinates: 44.069, -88.645 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Marinette

When: July 31, 3:47 PM CST
Where: Marinette County, Marinette
Coordinates: 45.351, -88.002 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Shawano

When: July 31, 3:48 PM SCT
Where: Shawano County, Embarrass
Coordinates: 44.789, -88.765 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Shawano

When: July 31, 3:53 PM CST
Where: Shawano County, Split Rock
Coordinates: 44.789, -88.765 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Waupaca

When: July 31, 3:55 PM CST
Where: Waupaca County, Clintonville
Coordinates: 44.470, -88.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Shawano

When: July 31, 4:06 PM CST
Where: Shawano County, Shawano
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 44.789, -88.765 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Menominee

When: July 31, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Menominee County, Keshena
Coordinates: 45.004, -88.710 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Waupaca

When: July 31, 4:20 PM CST
Where: Waupaca County, Embarrass
Coordinates: 44.470, -88.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Oconto

When: July 31, 4:28 PM CST
Where: Oconto County, Abrams
Coordinates: 44.999, -88.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Marinette

When: July 31, 5:03 PM CST
Where: Marinette County, Marinette
Coordinates: 45.351, -88.002 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Brown

When: July 31, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Brown County, New Franken
Coordinates: 44.474, -87.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Door

When: July 31, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Door County, Sister Bay
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 44.838, -87.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Marinette

When: July 31, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Marinette County, Peshtigo
Coordinates: 45.351, -88.002 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Waushara

When: July 31, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Waushara County, Dakota
Coordinates: 44.113, -89.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dane

When: July 31, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Dane County, Sun Prairie
Coordinates: 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia

When: July 31, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Columbia County, Cambria
Coordinates: 43.467, -89.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several clusters of severe thunderstorms, some having bow echo appearance, raced northeast across Wisconsin. They genenrated powerful downburst winds which knocked down many large trees in Laona (Forest County); near Boaz (Richland Center); near Crivitz, Marinette, and Peshtigo (Marinette County); in Dakota (Wausharaa County); in Rothschild (Marathon County), near Waupaca, Clintonville, and Embarrass (Waupaca County); in Antigo(Langlade County), west of Neenah (Winnebago County); north of Embarrass, in Split Rock, and south of Shawano (Shawano County); in Keshena (Menominee County); in Abrams (Oconto County); in New Franklin (Brown County); in Sun Prairie (Dane County); and in Cambria (Columbia County). Lightning hit a county courthouse in Crandon (Forest County) and damaged its telephones, PC's, and radios.

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, July 1995

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: 10357915, 10357351, 10357352, 10357457, 10357635, 10357636, 10357625, 10357626, 10358025, 10357559, 10357458, 10358055, 10358056, 10357627, 10358057, 10357469, 10357628, 10357604, 10357459, 10357735, 10357829, 10357460, 10357544, 10357800, 10356287.