Hail, Oneida
- When
- July 3, 1:43 AM CST
- Where
- Oneida County, Lake Tomahawk
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.820, -89.600
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 3, 1999
Severe thunderstorms that developed north of an approaching warm front dropped large hail across north-central Wisconsin and produced damaging winds in the central part of the state during the morning. Trees were downed by the strong winds as the storms passed 4 miles north of Wautoma (Waushara county).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 7
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.
Severe thunderstorms that developed north of an approaching warm front dropped large hail across north-central Wisconsin and produced damaging winds in the central part of the state during the morning. Trees were downed by the strong winds as the storms passed 4 miles north of Wautoma (Waushara county). Lightning caused extensive damage in Kewaunee (Kewaunee county) where a tree was debarked and another was knocked down. Pieces of wood from the trees went through the outside wall of a house causing damage inside the house. The wire running from the power pole to the house was completely melted. The electric meter was blown off the house and the breaker box in the basement was blown up. The telephone box outside was found across the highway. Lightning caused damage at a Leopolis (Shawano county) farm, making a 50 foot long trench in the ground, knocking out a wall in a steel utility shed and knocking blocks out of a wall in a small barn. The lightning also destroyed numerous appliances inside the farmhouse.
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:42 UTC.
Event by event
3 lightning, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oneida
- When
- July 3, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oneida County, 10 mi E of Lake Tomahawk
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.820, -89.400
Lightning, Marathon
- When
- July 3, 7:05 AM CST
- Where
- Marathon County, 2 mi NW of Fenwood
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.898, -89.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Shawano
- When
- July 3, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Shawano County, Leopolis
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.789, -88.765 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Waushara
- When
- July 3, 7:55 AM CST
- Where
- Waushara County, Coloma
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -89.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Waushara
- When
- July 3, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Waushara County, 4 mi N of Wautoma
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -89.280
Lightning, Kewaunee
- When
- July 3, 9:58 AM CST
- Where
- Kewaunee County, Kewaunee
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.483, -87.514 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
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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: 5712318, 5712317, 5712321, 5712322, 5712316, 5712319, 5712320.