Hail, Buffalo
- When
- August 26, 2:49 AM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Alma
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.317, -91.917
Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 26, 2000
Dime, nickel and quarter size hail was reported by spotters and law enforcement officials.
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
- $20,000
- 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 ARX wrote it up.
Dime, nickel and quarter size hail was reported by spotters and law enforcement officials.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- August 26, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Buffalo City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.233, -91.850
Hail, Trempealeau
- When
- August 26, 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau County, Trempealeau
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -91.433
Thunderstorm Wind, La Crosse
- When
- August 26, 4:40 AM CST
- Where
- La Crosse County, 3 mi S of La Crosse
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -91.250
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
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 26, 2000
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- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 26, 2000
- Flooding in Florida, August 26, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, August 26 to 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 26, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, August 2000
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: 5155937, 5155938, 5155939, 5155940.