Funnel Cloud, Fond du Lac
- When
- June 16, 1:57 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County, 3 mi WNW of Pipe
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.754, -88.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Wisconsin, June 16, 1999
An isolated thunderstorm, embedded in a cluster of showers, moved southeast at 25 mph, dumped heavy rains, and produced 3/4 inch diameter hail and 40 knot winds in Pipe. The storm was low-topped, only reaching about 25,000 feet (cold air aloft).
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 MKX wrote it up.
An isolated thunderstorm, embedded in a cluster of showers, moved southeast at 25 mph, dumped heavy rains, and produced 3/4 inch diameter hail and 40 knot winds in Pipe. The storm was low-topped, only reaching about 25,000 feet (cold air aloft).
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fond du Lac
- When
- June 16, 2:02 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County, Pipe
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -88.320
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 16, 1999
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 16, 1999
- Hail and Waterspout in Wisconsin, June 16, 1999
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, June 16, 1999
- Cold in Oklahoma, June 16, 1999
- Cold in Arkansas, June 16, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Oklahoma, June 16, 1999
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 16, 1999
- Wildfire in Utah, June 16, 1999
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 16, 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: 5708676, 5708675.