Hail, Rock
- When
- May 28, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, Beloit
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.517, -89.033
Hail in Wisconsin, May 28, 2003
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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
- 1
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.
An isolated severe thunderstorm dumped large hail and heavy rains in Beloit (Rock Co.).
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 May 28, 1:54 AM CST, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 1:54 AM CST, 11 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 254 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2003 FORECAST FOCUS ON POST FRONTAL PRECIPITATION TODAY. SAT LOOP SHOWS BACK EDGE OF PCPN IS CONTINUING TO SLOW UP. CURRENT TREND WILL HAVE PCPN THROUGH MADISON BY AROUND 16Z. HOWEVER...DEW POINTS REMAIN IN MID 50S TO LOW 60S WELL WEST OF CURRENT BACK EDGE. EXPECT SHOWERS TO REDEVELOP WESTWARD IN MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WITH LATE MORNING HEATING. SHOWERS SHOULD THEN CLEAR EASTWARD DURING AFTERNOON HOURS WITH STRONG H8 AND H7 DRY AIR ADVECTION. NOT MUCH CHANCE OF SEVERE TSTMS TODAY SINCE BEST CAPES ONLY AROUND 600 AND LI/S OF -2. MODERATE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AVAILABLE...BUT ONLY WEAK H8 MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. MID LEVEL OMEGA LOST BETWEEN 18-21Z. SPC HAS TAKEN WI OUT OF SLIGHT RISK TODAY. WILL STAY CLOSE TO NGM MOS TEMPS TODAY DUE TO CLOUDS AND PCPN. .MKX...NONE. MK
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 12:28 PM CST, 52 minutes before
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-291100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 128 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WOOD
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 28, 12:35 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
135 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM 1 E PORTAGE WI .5 INCH HAIL
05/28/03 COLUMBIA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 28, 12:38 PM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
138 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 PM 4 NE PALMYRA WI .5 INCH HAIL
05/28/03 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 28, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 28, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, May 28, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 28, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Connecticut, May 28, 2003
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, May 28, 2003
- Strong Wind in New York, May 28, 2003
- Heat in California, May 28, 2003
- Dust Devil in Alaska, May 28, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 28, 2003
- Wildfire in Hawaii, May 28 to 31, 2003
- Hail in New Jersey, May 28, 2003
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, May 2003
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: 5355631.