Hail, Barron
- When
- August 23, 3:54 PM CST
- Where
- Barron County, 3 mi N of Almena
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -92.030
Hail in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997
7 hail, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
- 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
- 8
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.
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:51 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dunn
- When
- August 23, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County, Ridgeland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -91.900
Hail, Barron
- When
- August 23, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Barron County, Prairie Farm
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -91.980
Hail, Barron
- When
- August 23, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Barron County, Hillsdale
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -91.850
Hail, Dunn
- When
- August 23, 4:55 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County, 7 mi N of Meridean
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -91.780
Severe hail damage to thousands of acres of crops around Spring Brook township. Car damage also reported.
Hail, Pepin
- When
- August 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pepin County, 14 mi E of Durand
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -91.680
Hail, Pepin
- When
- August 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pepin County, 9 mi E of Durand
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -91.780
Funnel Cloud, St. Croix
- When
- August 23, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- St. Croix County, 3 mi NE of River Falls
- Coordinates
- 45.034, -92.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 23, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 23, 1997
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- High Wind in Idaho, August 23, 1997
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: 5614617, 5614618, 5614619, 5614624, 5614620, 5614621, 5614622, 5614623.