Hail, Vernon
- When
- May 12, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, De Soto
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.417, -91.200
Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
Golf ball size hail was reported by law enforcement officials, with one report of hail nearly the size of a baseball.
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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $55,000
- 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 ARX wrote it up.
Golf ball size hail was reported by law enforcement officials, with one report of hail nearly the size of a baseball.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:59 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Richland
- When
- May 12, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Viola
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -90.667
Hail, Richland
- When
- May 12, 6:38 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Hub City
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.467, -90.350
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Michigan, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Michigan, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, May 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: 5143599, 5143600, 5143601.