Hail, Portage
- When
- March 8, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Portage County, Blaine
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.317, -89.300
Hail in Wisconsin, March 8, 2000
Strong low pressure over the eastern plains moved toward Wisconsin as southerly winds brought warm and moist air into the state. Thunderstorms developed in the warm, moist and unstable air ahead of the approaching low.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
Strong low pressure over the eastern plains moved toward Wisconsin as southerly winds brought warm and moist air into the state. Thunderstorms developed in the warm, moist and unstable air ahead of the approaching low. Several of the storms produced large hail. Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell with one of the storms.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Waupaca
- When
- March 8, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Waupaca County, 2 mi W of Waupaca
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -89.100
Hail, Waupaca
- When
- March 8, 6:09 PM CST
- Where
- Waupaca County, Ogdensburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -89.033
Hail, Wood
- When
- March 8, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County, Marshfield
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.667, -90.167
Hail, Waushara
- When
- March 8, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara County, Auroraville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -89.000
Hail, Marathon
- When
- March 8, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County, Stratford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.967, -90.067
Hail, Shawano
- When
- March 8, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Shawano County, 5 mi S of Shawano
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -88.600
Hail, Outagamie
- When
- March 8, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Outagamie County, Medina
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.267, -88.633
What these are
- 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
- Flooding in California, March 8, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, March 8, 2000
- Wildfire in Missouri, March 8 to 10, 2000
- High Wind in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Missouri, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in Michigan, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, March 8, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 2000
- Hail in Michigan, March 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, March 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: 5137459, 5137462, 5137559, 5137557, 5137460, 5137558, 5137560, 5137461.