Storm History: Forest County, Wisconsin
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Forest County, Wisconsin: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 365
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $6.0 million
- Episodes
- 308
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 94 | 0 | 0 | $140,000 |
| Winter Storm | 58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 33 | 0 | 3 | $5.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 25 | 0 | 0 | $123,000 |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 9 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $154,000 |
| High Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 30, 1994
- Tornado, September 16, 1972
- Tornado, April 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2010
- Hail, June 7, 2005
- Tornado, September 19, 1963
- Tornado, June 30, 1968
- Hail, June 25, 1998
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Hail, August 28, 2007
- Hail, May 20, 2012
- Blizzard, March 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1998
- High Wind, April 6, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 1997
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Ice Storm, April 1, 2026
- Blizzard, March 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Drought, November 18, 2025
- Ice Storm, March 29, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Tornado, June 17, 2024
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 30, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2022
- Hail, August 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2022
- Hail, May 13, 2022
- Hail, May 10, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 10, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2021
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2021
- Hail, July 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Tornado, August 9, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Tornado, August 7, 2019
- Hail, August 5, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 30, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 2, 2018
- Flood, June 11, 2017
- Hail, June 11, 2017
- Heavy Snow, April 10, 2017
- Tornado, April 9, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2017
- Flood, October 17, 2016
- Hail, August 29, 2016
- Hail, July 21, 2016
- Tornado, June 10, 2016
- Blizzard, December 28, 2015
- Hail, May 27, 2015
- Heavy Snow, April 9, 2015
- Heavy Snow, April 5, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2014
- Hail, September 4, 2014
- Hail, August 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, April 16, 2014
- Ice Storm, April 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Hail, August 21, 2013
- Hail, July 7, 2013
- Hail, May 30, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2012
- Hail, September 19, 2012
- Hail, July 6, 2012
- Hail, July 2, 2012
- Hail, July 2, 2012
- Hail, May 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2012
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2011
- Hail, May 12, 2011
- Tornado, April 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2011
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Hail, October 20, 2010
- Drought, August 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2010
- Hail, July 10, 2010
- Drought, July 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2010
- Drought, June 1, 2010
- Heavy Snow, May 7, 2010
- Drought, May 1, 2010
- Drought, April 13, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Drought, October 1, 2009
- Drought, September 22, 2009
- Drought, September 1, 2009
- Drought, August 1, 2009
- Drought, July 21, 2009
- Hail, April 24, 2009
- Heavy Snow, April 19, 2009
- Drought, April 1, 2009
- Drought, March 1, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2009
- Drought, February 1, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2009
- Drought, January 1, 2009
- Drought, December 1, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2008
- Drought, September 30, 2008
- Tornado, July 29, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2008
- Hail, June 7, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 31, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 28, 2007
- Drought, August 14, 2007
- Hail, July 8, 2007
- Hail, July 5, 2007
- Hail, June 20, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2007
- Hail, June 17, 2007
- Tornado, June 7, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2007
- Hail, May 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2007
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2006
- Hail, July 25, 2006
- Hail, July 3, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2005
- Drought, October 1, 2005
- Drought, September 6, 2005
- Hail, August 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2005
- Tornado, June 10, 2005
- Hail, June 7, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2004
- Hail, April 18, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2004
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2003
- Hail, July 20, 2003
- Ice Storm, April 16, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 27, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2003
- Ice Storm, December 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow, October 21, 2002
- Tornado, September 30, 2002
- Hail, August 1, 2002
- Hail, July 27, 2002
- Hail, July 21, 2002
- Strong Wind, May 9, 2002
- Heavy Snow, April 27, 2002
- Tornado, April 18, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2002
- Ice Storm, March 7, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2002
- Strong Wind, February 11, 2002
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2002
- Strong Wind, December 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2001
- Winter Storm, October 25, 2001
- Hail, August 12, 2001
- Hail, June 16, 2001
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2001
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2001
- Heavy Snow, November 13, 2000
- Flood, September 11, 2000
- Lightning, August 31, 2000
- Tornado, August 14, 2000
- Tornado, July 13, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2000
- Hail, June 8, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2000
- Strong Wind, March 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 2000
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2000
- Dense Fog, February 24, 2000
- Dense Fog, February 23, 2000
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2000
- Strong Wind, December 25, 1999
- Dense Fog, December 12, 1999
- Strong Wind, October 22, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 1999
- Hail, July 29, 1999
- Heat, July 23, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 15, 1999
- Hail, July 5, 1999
- Cold/Wind Chill, June 14, 1999
- Hail, June 8, 1999
- Hail, June 5, 1999
- Strong Wind, March 17, 1999
- Drought, March 1, 1999
- Heat, February 11, 1999
- Blizzard, January 2, 1999
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1998
- Hail, June 25, 1998
- Hail, May 15, 1998
- Hail, May 12, 1998
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Forest CountyEvery warning in Forest County since 1986Every county in Wisconsin
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.