Thunderstorm Wind, Racine
- When
- April 19, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County, Racine
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -87.800
Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, April 19, 1996
On the north side of the bow echo the powerful winds toppled a large tree onto a house, damaging its siding and roof, and tore many large limbs out of neighborhood trees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
On the north side of the bow echo the powerful winds toppled a large tree onto a house, damaging its siding and roof, and tore many large limbs out of neighborhood trees.
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5546638.