Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- June 27, 8:36 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County, Baraboo
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -89.730
Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, June 27 to 28, 1998
Additional rounds of severe thunderstorms possessing damaging straight-line winds of 60 to 65 mph struck southcentral and southeast Wisconsin for the second time on the same day. In this episode, the severe storms extended into the early morning hours of the next day.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $192,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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.
Additional rounds of severe thunderstorms possessing damaging straight-line winds of 60 to 65 mph struck southcentral and southeast Wisconsin for the second time on the same day. In this episode, the severe storms extended into the early morning hours of the next day. The bulk of the damage consisted of numerous large trees pushed over by the powerful winds. Some powerlines were also toppled. In Sauk County, the winds pushed in a window of a home in La Valle. About 600 homes lost electricity due to downed powerlines. In Dane County, a Belleville home suffered damage to its soffits. In Green County, a fallen tree in Monroe crushed a pickup truck and also damaged a car. A golf country club near Monroe was closed for 6 hours on the 28th in order for work crews to clean up tree debris. In Dane County, lightning struck a home east of Cottage Grove and left some smoke damage, but there was no fire. Another lightning strike in Albion (Dane Co.) started a fire that burnt a pole shed to the ground. The fire destroyed a mobile home, 2 field tractors, a garden tractor, and tools that were in the shed. In Waukesha County, lightning struck the Elm Grove Village Hall, knocking out its 911 system and damaging office PC's. There was no fire. In Milwaukee County, lightning struck a St Francis home, resulting in an attic fire and water damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
15 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- June 27, 8:41 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County, La Valle
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -90.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Sauk
- When
- June 27, 9:26 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County, Loganville
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -90.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- June 27, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County, Poynette
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -89.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Marquette
- When
- June 27, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marquette County, Montello
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -89.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- June 27, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County, 1 mi E of De Forest
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.250, -89.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Iowa
- When
- June 27, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iowa County, Dodgeville
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -90.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Green Lake
- When
- June 27, 10:00 PM CST to 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Green Lake County, Berlin to Green Lake
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -88.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- June 27, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County, Belleville
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -89.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- June 27, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 2 mi E of Janesville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -88.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- June 27, 11:35 PM CST to 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County, Elkhorn to Lake Geneva
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -88.550
Lightning, Waukesha
- When
- June 28, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County, Elm Grove
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Milwaukee
- When
- June 28, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, St Francis
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- June 28, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Belmont
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -90.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- June 28, 1:00 AM CST to 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Lamont
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -89.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Dane
- When
- June 28, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dane County, Belleville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -89.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Green
- When
- June 28, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Green County, Monroe
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -89.630
Lightning, Dane
- When
- June 28, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Dane County, 2 mi E of Cottage Grove
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Dane
- When
- June 28, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Dane County, Albion
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Ohio, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, June 27, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Iowa, June 27 to 28, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Minnesota, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, June 27 to 28, 1998
- Heat in Tennessee, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 27 to 30, 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: 5656247, 5656249, 5656248, 5656250, 5656251, 5656253, 5656252, 5656255, 5656254, 5656256, 5656257, 5656360, 5656260, 5656258, 5656259, 5656357, 5656358, 5656359, 5656361.