Wisconsin

Storm History: Vernon County, Wisconsin

414 episodes, 758 events since 1957

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail18300$1.4 million
Tornado16304$75 million
Flash Flood12430$76 million
Flood7310$1.8 million
Winter Storm5911$180,000
Thunderstorm Wind4302$405,000
Heavy Snow2000
Drought1900
Winter Weather1421$41,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Cold/Wind Chill820
Blizzard700
Heat710
High Wind610$194,000
Excessive Heat600$8,000
Ice Storm500$18,000
Funnel Cloud400
Dense Fog214$15,000
Wildfire100$1,000
Frost/Freeze100$2,000
Lightning100$2,000
Strong Wind100$200
Heavy Rain110$20,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

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 tornado in Vernon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.