Severe storms moved across western Wisconsin during the evening of May 19th and produced a brief tornado, some damaging winds, and large hail. An EF0 tornado occurred southeast of Sparta (Monroe County) and destroyed a camper and outbuilding along with damaging farm equipment and trees. The automated weather observing equipment at the La Crosse (La Crosse County) airport measured a 62 mph gust and a roof was damaged near Barre Mills (La Crosse County). Most of the hail that fell was quarter sized or smaller and the largest reported was golf ball sized in Holmen (La Crosse County). Around 3,800 customers were without power in La Crosse after the storms rolled through.

Thunderstorm Wind in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 18:55:00 to 19-MAY-22 18:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: (LSE)LA CROSSE MUNI
Magnitude: 54.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

The automated weather observing equipment at the La Crosse airport measured a 62 mph gust.

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:20:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: LA CROSSE
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:20:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: HERRINGTON
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Quarter sized hail fell at the NWS La Crosse office.

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:42:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:42:00 (CST-6)
Location: LA CROSSE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Quarter sized hail fell in La Crosse.

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:51:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:51:00 (CST-6)
Location: HERRINGTON
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in MONROE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:55:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: OAKDALE
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 20:20:00 to 19-MAY-22 20:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: MIDWAY
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Quarter sized hail fell on on the south side of Holmen.

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:28:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:28:00 (CST-6)
Location: CALVERT
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Quarter sized hail was reported on the south side of La Crosse.

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:40:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: ST JOSEPH
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Half dollar sized hail was reported west of Saint Joseph.

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:29:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:29:00 (CST-6)
Location: LA CROSSE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Quarter sized hail was reported on the southeast side of La Crosse.

Hail in VERNON, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 20:07:00 to 19-MAY-22 20:07:00 (CST-6)
Location: WESTBY
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Quarter sized hail was reported in Westby.

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 20:20:00 to 19-MAY-22 20:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: HOLMEN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 405.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Up to golf ball sized hail fell in Holmen.

Flood in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:55:00 to 19-MAY-22 22:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: LA CROSSE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Heavy rains caused some street flooding to occur in La Crosse. A few streets were closed for a while and some cars became stranded.

Thunderstorm Wind in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:00:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: WEST SALEM ARPT
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

A building just north of Barre Milles sustained wind damage.

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 20:38:00 to 19-MAY-22 20:38:00 (CST-6)
Location: WEST SALEM
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Quarter sized hail was reported west of West Salem.

Hail in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 20:19:00 to 19-MAY-22 20:19:00 (CST-6)
Location: HOLMEN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Quarter sized hail was reported just southwest of Holmen.

Tornado in MONROE, WISCONSIN
From 19-MAY-22 19:20:00 to 19-MAY-22 19:21:00 (CST-6)
Location: LEON
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 90.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A brief EF0 tornado touched down east of Leon and was only on the ground for about a quarter-mile before dissipating. The tornado tossed and destroyed a camper along with damaging an outbuilding, house, farm machinery and trees. Some of the downed trees were along the Elroy-Sparta state bike trail.