Wisconsin

Storm History: Walworth County, Wisconsin

769 episodes, 1,038 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Walworth 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
1,038
Deaths
4
Injuries
43
Damage
$65 million
Episodes
769

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
Tornado190016$14 million
Hail18703$512,000
Winter Weather13710$3,000
Thunderstorm Wind101012$4.0 million
Dense Fog7600
Winter Storm6701$33,000
Flash Flood5608$15 million
Strong Wind4200$195,000
Flood3802$29 million
Heat3200
Cold/Wind Chill2520$2,000
High Wind1801$1.1 million
Drought1800$550,000
Excessive Heat1310
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Blizzard900
Heavy Snow800
Lightning300$34,000
Ice Storm300
Heavy Rain200
Funnel Cloud100
Lake-Effect Snow100
Debris Flow100$1,000

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 Walworth County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Walworth CountyEvery warning in Walworth 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.