Storm History: La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Events

838

Deaths

7

Injuries

78

Damage

$130 million

Episodes

455

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.

Open the live radar over La Crosse County

• Heat, July 2, 20122 deaths · 25 injured · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, October 30, 20251 death · $50,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 28, 20211 death · $25,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 29, 20111 death · 2 injured · $7,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, July 31, 20011 death · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20161 death · 1 event here

• Hail, June 2, 2020$48 million · 2.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Tornado, April 10, 2011$25 million · EF2 · 7 events here
• Tornado, May 22, 20112 injured · $15 million · EF2 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 2007$14 million · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 19, 2017$8.2 million · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 19651 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Flood, May 1, 2001$1.7 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 10, 2001$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 27, 2018$1.1 million · EF1 · 5 events here
• Flood, April 3, 1997$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 7, 2008$950,000 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 21, 2016$913,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 7, 2007$847,000 · 3.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, July 19, 2004$723,000 · 2.5 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, July 28, 2023$610,000 · 4 in hail · 17 events here
• Flood, July 1, 2024$590,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 2017$472,000 · 3.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, May 19, 2022$430,000 · EF0 · 14 events here
• Tornado, March 6, 2017$338,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, June 27, 1998$330,000 · 88 kt wind · 5 events here

• Hail, July 28, 2023$610,000 · 4 in hail · 17 events here
• Hail, July 6, 2017$472,000 · 3.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, June 7, 2007$847,000 · 3.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, August 29, 19623 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, July 27, 20212.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 17, 2004$500 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 18, 19642.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20212.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 2, 2020$48 million · 2.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, June 16, 2017$7,000 · 2.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 25, 2013$199,000 · 2.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20112.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 2004$723,000 · 2.5 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, August 4, 19892.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, September 21, 2024$280,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 19, 1957F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 19, 1968F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 3, 1983F4 · 5 events here
• Tornado, April 27, 1984F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 19651 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 16, 1967F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 1969F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 5, 1980$250,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 15, 1980F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 1988F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 7, 2021$225,000 · EF3 · 8 events here
• Tornado, April 14, 2026EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 1, 1956F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 1959F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 14, 1961$25,000 · F2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in La Crosse County, with its track

• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20261 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20261.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 5, 2026EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 14, 2026EF3 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 14, 20261 event here
• High Wind, March 13, 202652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 19, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, December 9, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, October 30, 20251 death · $50,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2025$5,000 · 63 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2025$11,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flood, June 25, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, March 19, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, December 19, 20241 event here
• Hail, September 21, 2024$280,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 26, 20241 event here
• Flood, July 14, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 13, 2024$116,000 · 1.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Flood, July 1, 2024$590,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 22, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 21, 2024$20,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Winter Storm, April 2, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 8, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, November 25, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, October 30, 20231 event here
• Flood, October 24, 20231.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 22, 20231 event here
• Hail, August 11, 2023$4,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 28, 2023$610,000 · 4 in hail · 17 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2023$500 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20231 event here
• Flood, April 16, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 16, 20231 event here
• Hail, March 31, 20231.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Ice Storm, February 21, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, December 21, 20222 events here
• Winter Storm, December 14, 20221 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 2022$71,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 15, 2022$5,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 13, 20220.88 in hail · 3 events here
• Funnel Cloud, June 11, 20221 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 2022$430,000 · EF0 · 14 events here
• Hail, May 9, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 20221.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 202254 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 28, 20211 death · $25,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 2021$65,000 · 59 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021$160,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, December 10, 20211 event here
• Tornado, September 20, 2021$2,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 7, 2021$225,000 · EF3 · 8 events here
• Flood, July 27, 20212.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021$6,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, June 24, 2021$8,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Drought, June 22, 20211 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20212.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 27, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 23, 2020$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lightning, August 31, 2020$42,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20201 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 8, 20201.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 7, 2020$5,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 2, 2020$48 million · 2.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, May 26, 2020$17,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flood, April 1, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 9, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, January 9, 2020$50,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 20, 2019$14,000 · EF0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 2019$2,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20191 event here
• Hail, June 30, 201965 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2019$16,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2019$6,000 · 51 kt wind · 2 events here
• Lightning, June 1, 2019$15,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, May 23, 2019$4,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 2019$15,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 10, 2019$185,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 24, 20191 event here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$55,000 · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 23, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, September 3, 20181 event here
• Tornado, August 27, 2018$1.1 million · EF1 · 5 events here
• Hail, August 1, 20180.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, July 4, 2018$6,000 · 51 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, June 30, 2018$3,000 · 55 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20181 event here
• Flood, June 24, 20181 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 18, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, April 13, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20181 event here
• Flood, February 19, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20182 events here
• Flash Flood, July 19, 2017$8.2 million · 4 events here
• Flood, July 19, 2017$50,000 · 67 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 6, 2017$472,000 · 3.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, June 16, 2017$7,000 · 2.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 12, 2017$4,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 23, 20171 event here
• Tornado, May 17, 2017$90,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Hail, May 15, 2017$250,000 · 59 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 6, 2017$338,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 24, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, January 15, 20171 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 10, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, September 21, 2016$913,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 19, 20161 event here
• Lightning, August 16, 2016$70,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, August 4, 2016$52,000 · 62 kt wind · 10 events here
• Heat, July 21, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 5, 2016$40,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2016$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2016$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 20161 event here
• Strong Wind, April 2, 2016$200 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20161 event here
• High Wind, March 16, 2016$3,000 · 53 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20161 death · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 2, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20151 event here
• Flood, December 13, 20151 event here
• Lightning, July 24, 2015$60,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 201557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 13, 2015EF0 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 15, 2015$20,000 · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 22, 20151 event here
• Hail, September 20, 20140.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 25, 2014$7,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flood, July 1, 20141 event here
• Flood, June 28, 2014$181,000 · 63 kt wind · 13 events here
• Flood, June 23, 20142 events here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 2014$75,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 2014$17,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 2014$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 16, 20141 event here
• Flood, May 2, 20141 event here
• Flood, April 12, 2014$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 14, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20131 event here
• Flood, September 19, 201350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 10, 20131 event here
• Hail, July 25, 2013$199,000 · 2.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Tornado, July 22, 2013EF0 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 2013$10,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 2013$4,000 · 60 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flood, May 30, 2013$2,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 29, 2013EF0 · 5 events here
• Flood, April 9, 2013$170,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 4, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, January 30, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, December 19, 20121 event here
• Winter Storm, December 9, 20126 injured · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Tornado, September 4, 2012$500 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, August 15, 2012$45,000 · 1.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, July 24, 20121 event here
• Heat, July 2, 20122 deaths · 25 injured · 1 event here
• Flood, May 26, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 3, 2012$6,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 10, 20121 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2011$20,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Lightning, August 23, 20111 injured · $5,000 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20112 injured · $7,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2011$15,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 2011$74,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20112.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 20112 injured · $15 million · EF2 · 6 events here
• Winter Storm, April 19, 20111 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2011$25 million · EF2 · 7 events here
• Flood, April 3, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, February 20, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, January 29, 20111 death · 2 injured · $7,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 29, 201010 injured · $280,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 10, 20102 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 3, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, November 24, 20101 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 2010$15,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, October 1, 20101 event here
• Flood, September 26, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 2010$177,000 · 4 events here
• Flood, September 15, 20101 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2010$6,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 13, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 8, 2010$90,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, July 27, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 2010$6,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 14, 2010$1,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2010$2,000 · 54 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, June 11, 2010$9,000 · 4 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2010$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 30, 20101 in hail · 3 events here
• Wildfire, April 19, 2010$2,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, March 8, 20101 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 20101 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20101 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 10, 20091 event here
• Blizzard, December 8, 20091 event here
• Lightning, August 3, 2009$16,000 · 2 events here
• Wildfire, April 10, 2009$60,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, March 8, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, February 26, 20091 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20091 event here
• Winter Weather, January 3, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, December 20, 20082 events here
• Winter Storm, December 18, 20081 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20081 event here
• Hail, July 10, 200862 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 7, 2008$3,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 2008$5,000 · 59 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20081.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 7, 2008$950,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2008$107,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2008$1,000 · 51 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, May 30, 200856 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 21, 20081 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 20081 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 21, 20081 event here

Earlier years, state by state:

• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996
• 1995
• 1994
• 1993
• 1992
• 1991
• 1990
• 1989
• 1988
• 1986
• 1985
• 1984
• 1983
• 1982
• 1981
• 1980
• 1979
• 1978
• 1977
• 1976
• 1974
• 1973
• 1972
• 1971
• 1970
• 1969
• 1968
• 1967
• 1966
• 1965
• 1964
• 1963
• 1962
• 1961
• 1960
• 1959
• 1957
• 1956
• 1954

Tornadoes in La Crosse CountyEvery warning in La Crosse County since 1986Every county in Wisconsin

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.