2 lightning, 1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
2 lightning, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck an antenna and traveled into garage, setting fire to two cars, a truck camper, motorcycle and other things in the garage.
An elderly man trimming tress in his yard was struck and killed by lightning.
A downpour of 1.41 inches of rain washed a gravel driveway out, allowing a parked van to slide down a slope into the White River.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Racine | 1997-06-30 | 74 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 1997
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: 5612448, 5612449, 5612450.