Thunderstorm Wind, St. Croix
- When
- July 1, 7:42 PM CST
- Where
- St. Croix County, Hudson
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -92.770
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 1, 1997
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Events
- 14
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), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:39 UTC.
Event by event
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 1, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 2 mi S of Balsam Lake
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.420, -92.450
Barn blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Funnel Cloud, Dunn
- When
- July 1, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County, 1 mi W of Menomonie
- Coordinates
- 44.947, -91.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Barron
- When
- July 1, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Barron County, Turtle Lake
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -92.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 1, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, Eau Claire Arpt
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.870, -91.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Eau Claire
- When
- July 1, 9:36 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, Eau Claire
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -91.480
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pepin
- When
- July 1, 9:53 PM CST
- Where
- Pepin County, Ella
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -92.050
Power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 1, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, Chippewa Falls
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -91.380
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pepin
- When
- July 1, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pepin County, Arkansaw
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -92.030
Power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 1, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, 5 mi N of Cadott
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.980, -91.120
Roof of dairy barn torn off, killing two cows and injuring a dozen other cows. Crops also damaged.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 1, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, Cadott
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -91.120
Trees blown down. Garage damaged. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 1, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, 8 mi N of Cadott
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -91.120
Semitrailer truck blown off highway. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Eau Claire
- When
- July 1, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, Ludington
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -91.120
Trees blown over. Estimated windspeed.
Tornado, Rusk
- When
- July 1, 10:44 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County, 10 mi W of Sheldon
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -91.170
Tornado touched down just south of a northern branch of Holcomb Flowage near the entrance to Deer Tail Creek. The tornado proceeded to cross the flowage and strike a farmstead, ripping the roof off a farmhouse and causing one injury.
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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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
- Hail in Kansas, July 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 1 to 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Wisconsin, 1997Warnings in Wisconsin, July 1997
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: 5614855, 5614866, 5614856, 5614857, 5614858, 5614859, 5614860, 5614861, 5614862, 5614863, 5614867, 5614868, 5614864, 5614865.