Hail, Outagamie
- When
- June 11, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Outagamie County, 7 mi W of Appleton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -88.530
Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 11, 1999
The combination of a stationary front across Wisconsin and an unstable atmosphere led to the development of thunderstorms. Large hail fell as the storms passed through Winnebago and Outagamie counties.
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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The combination of a stationary front across Wisconsin and an unstable atmosphere led to the development of thunderstorms. Large hail fell as the storms passed through Winnebago and Outagamie counties. Lightning destroyed a shed in Zittau (Winnebago county).
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Winnebago
- When
- June 11, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County, Oshkosh
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -88.550
Lightning, Winnebago
- When
- June 11, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County, Zittau
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.069, -88.645 (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.
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: 5703544, 5703543, 5703545.