High Wind, Dodge
- When
- May 5, 6:05 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Wisconsin, May 5, 1997
Strong gradient winds raked parts of southeast Wisconsin. Peak gusts were in the 60-70 mph range.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $29,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 MKX wrote it up.
Strong gradient winds raked parts of southeast Wisconsin. Peak gusts were in the 60-70 mph range. Trees were blown down in Hartland (Waukesha), a construction trailer was blown over in eastern Dodge county, and trees were toppled in Richfield (Washington), pulling down a power pole and power lines. Uprooted trees were reported in BayView (Milwaukee), with one tree falling on and damaging two cars. Also in Milwaukee county, the high winds ripped off a sign from a business building in Franklin. In Ozaukee county, power lines were downed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Washington
- When
- May 5, 6:05 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 43.369, -88.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Waukesha
- When
- May 5, 6:05 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ozaukee
- When
- May 5, 6:35 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 43.403, -87.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Milwaukee
- When
- May 5, 6:35 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, May 5, 1997
- High Wind in Iowa, May 5, 1997
- Hail in Michigan, May 5, 1997
- High Wind in Minnesota, May 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 5, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 5, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 5, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, May 5, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, May 5, 1997
- Hail in Illinois, May 5, 1997
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, May 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: 5598250, 5598251, 5598252, 5598253, 5598254.