Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- July 1, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, 5 mi SE of Ferryville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -91.030
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 1 to 2, 1997
Winds gusted up to 90 mph, blowing down numerous trees and damaging a couple barns. Spotters and law enforcement officials also reported dime to golf ball size hail.
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
- $217,000
- Crop damage
- $62,000
- Events
- 16
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.
Winds gusted up to 90 mph, blowing down numerous trees and damaging a couple barns. Spotters and law enforcement officials also reported dime to golf ball size hail.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:55 UTC.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- July 1, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Mondovi
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -91.680
Hail, Crawford
- When
- July 1, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Gays Mills
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -90.730
Hail, Clark
- When
- July 1, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Willard
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -90.730
Hail, Clark
- When
- July 1, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Loyal
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $13,000
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -90.500
Hail, Grant
- When
- July 1, 10:53 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Kieler
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $14,000
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -90.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- July 1, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Richland Center
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -90.380
Hail, Clark
- When
- July 1, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Mead Lake
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -90.770
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- July 1, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, 10 mi S of Mondovi
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.420, -91.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 1, 11:28 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Granton
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 1, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 6 mi N of Loyal
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 1, 11:33 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 5 mi E of Loyal
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 1, 11:43 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Chili
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -90.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 1, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 9 mi E of Loyal
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -90.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 2, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Curtiss
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -90.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 2, 12:33 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Loyal
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -90.500
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 1, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 1 to 25, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 1, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 1, 1997
- Drought in Maryland, July 1 to 31, 1997
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 1, 1997
- Drought in West Virginia, July 1 to 31, 1997
- Drought in Virginia, July 1 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, July 1, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Montana, July 1 to 23, 1997
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 1, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, July 1, 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: 5606472, 5606473, 5606478, 5606479, 5606480, 5606481, 5606474, 5606475, 5606482, 5606483, 5606476, 5606484, 5606477, 5606485, 5606486, 5606487.