High Wind, Waukesha
- When
- October 30, 6:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Waukesha forecast zone
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Wisconsin, October 30, 1996
High winds, probably peaking in the 60 mph range, raked Waukesha county and caused scattered damage. In Harland, a cement block wall, part of an addition to a building, was blown down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- 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.
High winds, probably peaking in the 60 mph range, raked Waukesha county and caused scattered damage. In Harland, a cement block wall, part of an addition to a building, was blown down. In Pewaukee at Hwy 16 and Capitol Drive, the panal of a Burger King sign was shredded. Large trees and/or branches were toppled in Nashotah, as well as in other locations north of I-94.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Ohio, October 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, October 30, 1996
- High Wind in Michigan, October 30, 1996
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, October 30, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, October 30, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, October 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, October 30, 1996
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, October 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, October 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, October 30, 1996
- High Wind in Minnesota, October 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, October 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, October 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5574161.