Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 5, 1:28 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Merrillan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -90.830
Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 5, 1997
Widely scattered severe thunderstorms affected west central Wisconsin, producing dime size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Widely scattered severe thunderstorms affected west central Wisconsin, producing dime size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:42 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clark
- When
- June 5, 1:28 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 6 mi SW of Neillsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -90.680
Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 5, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Northfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -91.100
Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 5, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Black River Falls
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -90.930
Hail, Trempealeau
- When
- June 5, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau County, Galesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -91.350
Hail, La Crosse
- When
- June 5, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County, 6 mi N of Holmen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- June 5, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County, Ridgeville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -90.570
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5602139, 5602140, 5602143, 5602144, 5602141, 5602142, 5602145.