Hail, Washington
- When
- June 15, 1:26 PM CST to 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, West Bend
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.417, -88.183
Hail in Wisconsin, June 15, 2002
Scattered severe thunderstorms moved through southeast Wisconsin dumping large hail. The ground was covered white around Timmerman Field on the northwest side of the city of Milwaukee.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
Scattered severe thunderstorms moved through southeast Wisconsin dumping large hail. The ground was covered white around Timmerman Field on the northwest side of the city of Milwaukee.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jun 15, 2:00 AM CST, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:00 AM CST, 11 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 300 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 FCST FOCUS IS STILL ON EFFECTS OF THE LARGE UPR LOW OVR RGN AND VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE FOR SUN NIGHT INTO MON AM. MODELS INDICATE A REPEAT OF FRIDAY...WITH UPR LO BROADENING OVER ERN GREAT LAKES...AND SHRT WV ENERGY WITH A RE-ENFORCING SHOT OF -20C 500 MB AIR DROPPING ACROSS WI TODAY IN NW FLOW. SOME SUN EARLY THIS AM WILL QUICKLY DISAPPEAR AS INSTABILITY AND MID LVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF SHRT WV PRODUCE CLOUDS AND SCT SHRA AND TSTMS. FCST SNDGS A BIT DRIER FOR SUNDAY...BUT CYCLONIC FLO STILL IN PLACE WITH A STEADY FEED OF COLD AIR BEHIND UPR LO AS IT SLOWLY LIFTS INTO SRN QUEBEC. SHRA WILL BE MORE SCT SUN AFTERNOON. ETA DEPICTS 23 UNIT VORTICITY MAXIMA DROPPING SE FM MN THRU WI SUN NGT/MON AM. WL PUT IN POPS FOR SUN NGT CWA WIDE..AND HOLD ONTO MORN CHC FOR MON ACROSS MAINLY SE 1/2. UPR LO FINALLY LIFTS FAR ENOUGH TO THE NE FOR RDG TO BUILD IN MON NGT INTO TUE. FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL FOR ERLY NEXT WEEK AS SYSTEM CROSSES SRN CANADA. WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED...WITH A TROF EXTENDING SWD FM CANADIAN SYSTEM BRINGING THE NEXT CHC OF PCPN WED NGT INTO THU. FOLLOWED SLIGHTLY COOLER AVN MOS TEMPS DUE TO AFTN CLOUD COVER AND PCPN. .MKX...NONE. REM
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fond du Lac
- When
- June 15, 1:58 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County, Fond du Lac
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.783, -88.450
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- June 15, 3:59 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, Timmerman Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.117, -88.033
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- June 15, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, 3 mi N of General Mitchell Arp
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -87.900
Hail, Racine
- When
- June 15, 4:27 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County, 1 mi N of Racine
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.733, -87.800
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- June 15, 4:29 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, 4 mi SW of General Mitchell Arp
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.917, -87.950
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- June 15, 4:32 PM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, Oak Creek
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.867, -87.867
Hail, Racine
- When
- June 15, 5:07 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County, Racine
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.717, -87.800
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5302992, 5302993, 5302994, 5302996, 5302998, 5302995, 5302997, 5302999.