1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 1:55 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 255 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2002 FCST FOCUS ON T-STORM WATCH THRU 6 P M AND WARM TEMPS MON/TUE. INSTABILITY AXIS CURRENTLY ALONG SFC TROF LINE FROM ERN MN TO CNTRL IA WITH LIS -4 TO -6. CIN HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 20 J/KG IN THIS REGION. TWO STORMS FIRED NEAR BOUNDARY AND MOVING E INTO NW CWA. BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN FOCUS FOR ANY SVR THREAT AS IT GRADUALLY SHIFTS EWD INTO WRN WI. HOWEVER TROF LINE IS PROGGED TO WASH OUT THIS EVENING AS VORT MAX AND LT FNT QUAD PUSH E OF WI...SO ANY SVR ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFT AND VERY EARLY IN THE EVENING WHILE DYNAMICS ARE STILL PRESENT. VORT MAX TO EXIT SERN WI BY 02Z WITH LGT WNDS AND WEAK HIGH PRES TO SETTLE OVR REGION LATE TONIGHT. SHOULD SEE A THIRD NIGHT OF SCATTERED FOG OVER CWA. IN ADDITION...SOME HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED WITH WAA ALOFT AS RIDGING BEGINS OVR MOST OF CNTRL USA AHEAD OF DIGGING UPPER TROF IN THE WEST. AS WRN UPPER TROF SLOWLY MOVES E THROUGH TUE...SFC TROF WILL SET UP OVR THE PLAINS WITH GOOD SFC WAA ON SWLY WNDS. TRAJECTORY MAPS SHOW AIR ADVECTING FROM ERN KANSAS FOR MON AFT SO LOW 80S LOOK GOOD FOR TUE AND WED WITH MILD LOW TEMPS AS WELL. ETA SOUNDINGS INDICATE STRONG CAP THROUGH TUE WITH NO TRIGGERS. EXTENDED MODELS TAKE UPPER TROF NEWD INTO CANADA WITH BEST LIFT REMAINING W OF CWA SO ONLY WENT WITH A CHANCE TUE NT/WED MORNING ATTM. .MKX...NONE. MG
WIZ046-047-051-056-057-062-063-067-142115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 330 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...AFFECTING LOCALES MAINLY NORTH OF MADISON AND MILWAUKEE....FROM SAUK COUNTY EAST TO OZAUKEE COUNTY AND FROM MARQUETTE COUNTY EAST TO SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZE HAIL. RESIDENTS OF ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COLLAR
WIZ046-047-051-056-057-062-063-067-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 410 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LOCALES MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A MADISON TO MILWAUKEE LINE. THE STRONGEST CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL AFFECT SAUK COUNTY BETWEEN 410 PM AND 5 PM. SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS CLUSTER. RESIDENTS OF ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COLLAR
WIZ046-047-051-056-057-062-063-067-142215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 445 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LOCALES MAINLY NORTH OF A MADISON TO MILWAUKEE LINE. THE STRONGEST CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL AFFECT SAUK COUNTY BETWEEN 440 PM AND 540 PM. SOME INTENSIFICATION HAS BEEN NOTED WITH THESE STORMS SINCE 430 PM AND PEOPLE LIVING IN SAUK COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THIS CLUSTER. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. HOWEVER...AT THE VERY LEAST EXPECT HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LAVALLE AT 430 PM. RESIDENTS OF ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COLLAR
WIZ046-047-051-056-057-062-063-067-142245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 505 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SAUK AND FAR NORTHERN IOWA COUNTIES... CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SHOW A MODEST GAIN IN STRENGTH ACROSS SAUK AND NORTHERN IOWA COUNTIES. AT 5 PM A REPORT OF 1/2 INCH HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS WAS RECEIVED FROM REEDSBURG IN SAUK COUNTY. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO HEAD EAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT SAUK AND NORTHERN IOWA COUNTIES BETWEEN 5 PM AND 545 PM. BY 545 PM THE STORMS WILL REACH NORTHWEST DANE AND WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. HOWEVER...AT THE VERY LEAST EXPECT HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COLLAR
WIZ046-047-051-056-057-062-063-067-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 545 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT... BETWEEN 545 PM AND 630 PM...LOOK FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO MOVE EASTWARD OUT OF SAUK COUNTY THROUGH COLUMBIA COUNTY...AND FOR ANOTHER STORM TO TRAVERSE EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN IOWA COUNTY INTO DANE COUNTY. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...BE ALERT FOR AT LEAST HEAVY RAINS...SOME DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO A 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL AFFECT FAR EASTERN WISCONSIN IN WAUKESHA...OZAUKEE AND MILWAUKEE COUNTIES. WITH THESE STORMS EXPECT MAINLY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. RESIDENTS OF ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COLLAR
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 556 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 94 EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM CDT... POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ROLL ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER IS BEING EXTENDED AT LEAST UNTIL 7 PM. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. NJ
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Isolated severe thunderstorm. Severe weather spotter trailing the storm noted some cloud base rotation and a in-flow/feeder cloud band underneath the updraft tower.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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