Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 5, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Hixton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $18,000
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -91.020
Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 1997
60 mph wind gusts and dime size hail occured as scattered severe thunderstorms affected west central Wisconsin. Hardest hit was the Hixton area where 2 mobile homes and 1800 acres of crops were damaged.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $26,000
- 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.
60 mph wind gusts and dime size hail occured as scattered severe thunderstorms affected west central Wisconsin. Hardest hit was the Hixton area where 2 mobile homes and 1800 acres of crops were damaged.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, La Crosse
- When
- July 5, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County, 5 mi SE of Mindoro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -91.030
Hail, Vernon
- When
- July 5, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, 10 mi W of Viroqua
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -91.080
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
- High Wind in Florida, July 5, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, July 5 to 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, July 5, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Washington, July 5 to 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5 to 16, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 5, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Washington, July 5, 1997
- Hail in Texas, July 5, 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: 5606488, 5606490, 5606489.