Hail, Vernon
- When
- August 3, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, Coon Valley
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Crop damage
- $35,000
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -91.020
Hail in Wisconsin, August 3, 1997
Storm spotters reported hail the size of golfballs, which damaged a few cars and area crops.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $58,000
- Crop damage
- $85,000
- Events
- 3
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 ARX wrote it up.
Storm spotters reported hail the size of golfballs, which damaged a few cars and area crops.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Vernon
- When
- August 3, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, Viroqua
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -90.880
Hail, Grant
- When
- August 3, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Potosi
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -90.720
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
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- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 3, 1997
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Vermont, August 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 3, 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: 5610004, 5610005, 5610006.