Hail, Walworth
- When
- May 8, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County, East Troy
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.783, -88.400
Hail and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, May 8, 2000
The second round of scattered severe thunderstorms on May 8th featured large hail stones. In addition, lightning bolts started fires in the roof/attic area of two homes, and struck a power transformer in Milwaukee.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
The second round of scattered severe thunderstorms on May 8th featured large hail stones. In addition, lightning bolts started fires in the roof/attic area of two homes, and struck a power transformer in Milwaukee. There was a brief appearance of a funnel cloud.
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:25 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 3 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Walworth
- When
- May 8, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County, 2 mi NE of East Troy
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.669, -88.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 8, 5:22 PM CST to 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Watertown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -88.717
Lightning, Washington
- When
- May 8, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, West Bend
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.369, -88.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Waukesha
- When
- May 8, 6:55 PM CST to 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Waukesha County, 3 mi NE of Mukwonago
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.900, -88.283
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- May 8, 6:57 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, Greenfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -88.000
Lightning, Milwaukee
- When
- May 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, Milwaukee
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Washington
- When
- May 8, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Richfield
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.369, -88.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Racine
- When
- May 8, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County, Racine
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.717, -87.800
Hail, Walworth
- When
- May 8, 8:20 PM CST to 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County, Lake Geneva Plyby Ar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.617, -88.383
Hail, Racine
- When
- May 8, 8:39 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County, 1 mi SW of Burlington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -88.283
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 8, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 8 to 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 8 to 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Missouri, May 8, 2000
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 8, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, May 8, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 8, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, May 8 to 9, 2000
More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5145237, 5145238, 5143892, 5145239, 5145240, 5145241, 5143893, 5145242, 5143891, 5143894, 5143895.