Hail, Monroe
- When
- August 14, 3:44 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County, Norwalk
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -90.620
Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 14, 1998
Law enforcement officials and spotters reported dime size hail, which damaged some crops.
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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $95,000
- 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 ARX wrote it up.
Law enforcement officials and spotters reported dime size hail, which damaged some crops.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- August 14, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County, 1 mi W of Cataract
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -90.850
Hail, Vernon
- When
- August 14, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, 6 mi W of Viroqua
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -91.000
Hail, Crawford
- When
- August 14, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Mt Sterling
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -90.930
Hail, Crawford
- When
- August 14, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Seneca
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -90.970
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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- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, August 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 14, 1998
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 14, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 14, 1998
- Hail in New York, August 14, 1998
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: 5666391, 5666390, 5666392, 5666394, 5666393.