Hail, Oneida
- When
- July 5, 8:47 AM CST
- Where
- Oneida County, Starks
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -89.200
Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 5, 1999
Severe thunderstorms moved through north-central Wisconsin ahead of an approaching cold front. The storms dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Starks (Oneida county) and 2 inch diameter hail at Sugar Camp (Oneida county) and downed trees and power lines in Argonne (Forest county) and Three Lakes (Oneida county).
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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 moved through north-central Wisconsin ahead of an approaching cold front. The storms dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Starks (Oneida county) and 2 inch diameter hail at Sugar Camp (Oneida county) and downed trees and power lines in Argonne (Forest county) and Three Lakes (Oneida county).
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:49 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oneida
- When
- July 5, 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Oneida County, 8 mi W of Three Lakes
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -89.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Forest
- When
- July 5, 9:12 AM CST
- Where
- Forest County, Argonne
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -88.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Oneida
- When
- July 5, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- Oneida County, Three Lakes
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -89.170
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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 5 to 29, 1999
- Heat and Hail in North Carolina, July 5 to 25, 1999
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1999
- Heat in Massachusetts, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 1999
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Maine, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 5, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, July 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 5, 1999
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: 5712594, 5712595, 5712596, 5712597.