Hail, Rusk
- When
- September 1, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County, Bruce
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -91.270
Tree limbs also reported down in area.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 1, 1997
2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 170 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Barron
- When
- September 1, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Barron County, 4 mi N of Almena
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -92.030
Lightning, Barron
- When
- September 1, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barron County, Barron
- Coordinates
- 45.424, -91.848 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
House struck by lightning.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pepin
- When
- September 1, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pepin County, Ella
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -92.050
Home under construction destroyed. Metal shed damaged. Estimated windspeed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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
- Drought in Georgia, September 1 to 22, 1997
- Drought in Virginia, September 1 to 30, 1997
- Drought in Georgia, September 1 to 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Texas, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, September 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 1, 1997
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, September 1 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 1, 1997
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 1 to 11, 1997
- Hail and High Wind in Minnesota, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, September 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, September 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: 5619469, 5619470, 5619472, 5619471.