Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- May 15, 6:54 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County, Marshfield
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -90.170
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 15, 1998
Late evening thunderstorms produced scattered wind damage across part of northern and central Wisconsin on May 15. ) to collapse.
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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 GRB wrote it up.
Late evening thunderstorms produced scattered wind damage across part of northern and central Wisconsin on May 15. The high winds caused a partially build storage shed in Kaukauna (Outagamie co.) to collapse. Trees were blown over or snapped in many other locations that were affected by the storms.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:55 UTC.
Event by event
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marathon
- When
- May 15, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County, Marathon
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Marathon
- When
- May 15, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County, Stratford
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -90.070
Hail, Marathon
- When
- May 15, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County, Mosinee
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -89.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Portage
- When
- May 15, 8:24 PM CST
- Where
- Portage County, Stevens Pt
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -89.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Marathon
- When
- May 15, 8:41 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County, Ringle
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -89.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- May 15, 9:07 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County, Omro
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -88.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- May 15, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County, 10 mi N of Oshkosh
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -88.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Calumet
- When
- May 15, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Calumet County, 2 mi N of Stockbridge
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -88.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Outagamie
- When
- May 15, 9:53 PM CST
- Where
- Outagamie County, Appleton
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -88.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Outagamie
- When
- May 15, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Outagamie County, Kaukauna
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -88.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Calumet
- When
- May 15, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Calumet County, New Holstein
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -88.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Calumet
- When
- May 15, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Calumet County, 3 mi NE of New Holstein
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -88.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Forest
- When
- May 15, 10:22 PM CST
- Where
- Forest County, Crandon
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.570, -88.900
Hail, Marinette
- When
- May 15, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Marinette County, Goodman
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.630, -88.350
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 15, 1998
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- High Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 15, 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: 5641083, 5641084, 5641085, 5641086, 5641087, 5641088, 5641089, 5641090, 5641091, 5641094, 5641155, 5641092, 5641093, 5641156, 5641157.