Hail, Juneau
- When
- March 29, 10:18 AM CST
- Where
- Juneau County, New Miner
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -90.030
Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, March 29, 1998
Dime to golf ball size hail was reported by storm spotters and law enforcement officials. A tornado touched down briefly near Maxville, but no injuries or damage was reported.
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
- $143,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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.
Dime to golf ball size hail was reported by storm spotters and law enforcement officials. A tornado touched down briefly near Maxville, but no injuries or damage was reported.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:19 UTC.
Event by event
11 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- March 29, 10:27 AM CST
- Where
- Adams County, 3 mi S of New Rome
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 44.180, -89.880
Hail, Adams
- When
- March 29, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Adams County, New Rome
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 44.230, -89.880
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 29, 1:56 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Lublin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -90.720
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 29, 2:18 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Medford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -90.350
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Medford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -90.350
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- March 29, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Cochrane
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.230, -91.830
Hail, La Crosse
- When
- March 29, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County, Barre Mills
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -91.120
Hail, Trempealeau
- When
- March 29, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau County, Osseo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -91.220
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- March 29, 4:51 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Alma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -91.920
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- March 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Nelson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.420, -92.000
Tornado, Buffalo
- When
- March 29, 5:15 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Maxville to 1 mi E of Maxville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -92.000
Hail, Clark
- When
- March 29, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 3 mi W of Thorp
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -90.870
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5630850, 5630852, 5630851, 5630842, 5630843, 5630844, 5630853, 5630845, 5630854, 5630846, 5630849, 5630847, 5630848.