Hail, Marquette
- When
- September 2, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Marquette County, Germania
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.883, -89.250
Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, September 2, 2000
An isolated severe thunderstorm pulsed up over Marquette County and produced large hail. Elsewhere, a cluster of thunderstorms moved through the city of Fond du Lac and produced lightning strikes.
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
- $75,000
- 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 severe thunderstorm pulsed up over Marquette County and produced large hail. Elsewhere, a cluster of thunderstorms moved through the city of Fond du Lac and produced lightning strikes. One lightning bolt struck the communications tower on the Fond du Lac courthouse. The tower was damaged and some bricks on the side of the building were knocked loose. Several radio receivers, phone lines for the 911 Center, and a radar display system were also damaged.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Fond du Lac
- When
- September 2, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County, Fond du Lac
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.754, -88.488 (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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Heat in Oklahoma, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, September 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 2, 2000
- Tornado in Mississippi, September 2, 2000
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: 5156642, 5156643.