Storm History: Vernon County, Wisconsin
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Vernon 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
- 758
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $155 million
- Episodes
- 414
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 | 183 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Tornado | 163 | 0 | 4 | $75 million |
| Flash Flood | 124 | 3 | 0 | $76 million |
| Flood | 73 | 1 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Winter Storm | 59 | 1 | 1 | $180,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 43 | 0 | 2 | $405,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 14 | 2 | 1 | $41,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 6 | 1 | 0 | $194,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $18,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 1 | 4 | $15,000 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $200 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
The deadliest
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2016
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2018
- Heavy Rain, July 26, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2004
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 22, 2011
- Heat, July 2, 2012
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 2013
- Flood, March 29, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2023
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, August 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2000
- Tornado, June 5, 1980
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2010
- Tornado, August 18, 2005
- Flood, May 1, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2018
- Tornado, July 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 27, 1998
- Flood, April 10, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2021
- Tornado, August 7, 2021
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, July 3, 1983
- Tornado, June 4, 1975
- Tornado, June 5, 1977
- Tornado, June 5, 1980
- Tornado, July 15, 1980
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Tornado, August 7, 2021
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, June 8, 1963
- Tornado, May 8, 1964
- Tornado, April 19, 1966
- Tornado, March 31, 1967
- Tornado, August 24, 1975
- Tornado, June 13, 1976
- Tornado, May 10, 1979
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Hail, June 24, 2026
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Tornado, September 22, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2025
- Tornado, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2025
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2024
- Hail, September 21, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2024
- Flood, July 14, 2024
- Hail, July 13, 2024
- Flood, July 1, 2024
- Hail, June 24, 2024
- Flood, June 22, 2024
- Tornado, June 22, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 22, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 27, 2023
- Flood, May 1, 2023
- Flood, April 16, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 16, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 21, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2022
- Tornado, July 23, 2022
- Tornado, June 15, 2022
- Tornado, May 19, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, September 20, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2021
- Tornado, August 7, 2021
- Flood, July 27, 2021
- Hail, June 17, 2021
- Drought, June 15, 2021
- Hail, May 2, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Heavy Rain, July 26, 2020
- Funnel Cloud, July 21, 2020
- Hail, June 2, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2020
- Flood, October 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 19, 2019
- Tornado, July 18, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2019
- Flood, July 3, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2019
- Flood, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, May 24, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Hail, May 5, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Flood, March 29, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2019
- Hail, October 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2018
- Flood, August 28, 2018
- Tornado, August 27, 2018
- Hail, June 30, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2018
- Flood, May 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2018
- Flood, February 19, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2017
- Flood, July 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2017
- Hail, July 12, 2017
- Hail, June 16, 2017
- Flood, June 14, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2016
- Heat, July 21, 2016
- Tornado, July 5, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2016
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2016
- Strong Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Flood, December 13, 2015
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 2015
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Hail, June 25, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Flood, April 13, 2014
- Flood, April 12, 2014
- Flood, March 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 10, 2013
- Tornado, July 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Flood, May 30, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Flood, May 19, 2013
- Hail, April 30, 2013
- Flood, April 9, 2013
- Flood, April 8, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 7, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2013
- Dense Fog, January 11, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Tornado, September 4, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, August 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Heat, July 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2011
- Lightning, August 23, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2011
- Tornado, April 10, 2011
- Winter Weather, March 22, 2011
- Flood, March 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2010
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2010
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2010
- Flood, August 9, 2010
- Flood, July 14, 2010
- Tornado, July 14, 2010
- Flood, July 7, 2010
- Tornado, June 23, 2010
- Hail, June 6, 2010
- Flood, May 25, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2010
- Wildfire, April 19, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 10, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Tornado, July 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2009
- Hail, July 23, 2009
- Hail, April 24, 2009
- Ice Storm, March 8, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2008
- Hail, July 25, 2008
- Flood, July 16, 2008
- Hail, July 10, 2008
- Hail, June 28, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2008
- Tornado, June 7, 2008
- Hail, May 30, 2008
- Hail, May 6, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2008
- Blizzard, February 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, September 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2007
- Hail, July 3, 2007
- Hail, May 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Blizzard, February 24, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Hail, August 25, 2006
- Hail, August 24, 2006
- Hail, August 23, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Vernon CountyEvery warning in Vernon 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.