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Hail — Pierce, Wisconsin

May 1, 2001 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths

Direct injuries

Property damage

$20.0M

Magnitude

2.75

Area

Pierce

Event narrative (NOAA)

Wind driven baseball size hail damaged houses and vehicles, and knocked out hundreds of windows on the south side of town. The local University was particularly hard hit, including a greenhouse that was destroyed.

Other notable hail events in Wisconsin

Columbia · June 25, 2006$500.0M Manitowoc · May 12, 2000$46.0M La Crosse · June 2, 2020$45.5M Wood · June 7, 2007$45.0M Calumet · May 12, 2000$32.2M Barron · September 21, 2005$30.0M

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.