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Flash Flood — Waushara, WI

Jul 16, 1997

Property Damage
$50K

Severe thunderstorms affected much of northern, central and east-central Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening of July 16 with tornadoes, downburst winds and large hail. Millions of dollars in damage resulted from the biggest severe weather outbreak to affect the region in years.The storms began to develop early in the afternoon across north-central Wisconsin. Hail the size of baseballs fell in Minocqua (Oneida co.), damaging nearly 200 vehicles. As those storms moved southeast and weake

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5606421). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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