Hail, Oconto
- When
- July 27, 3:23 PM CST
- Where
- Oconto County, Suring
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -88.380
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 27, 1997
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced hail and gusty winds in northeast Wisconsin on July 27. ).
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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 GRB wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced hail and gusty winds in northeast Wisconsin on July 27. Several trees were blown down in Gillett and Pensaukee (Oconto co.). A second storm produced a wind gust estimated to be near 60 mph in Medina (Outagamie co.), where a 50 foot tree was snapped 12 feet above the ground.
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconto
- When
- July 27, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Oconto County, Gillett
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -88.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconto
- When
- July 27, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Oconto County, Pensaukee
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -87.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Outagamie
- When
- July 27, 4:33 PM CST
- Where
- Outagamie County, Medina
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -88.630
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 27, 1997
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- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 27, 1997
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- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 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: 5606425, 5606426, 5606427, 5606428.