Hail, Rock
- When
- March 7, 1:10 AM CST to 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 9 mi E of Janesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.683, -88.833
Hail in Wisconsin, March 7, 2005
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 Mar 6, 9:10 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 9:10 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 910 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2005 .DISCUSSION...SHARPENING MID LEVEL TROF WITH 12HR 500MB HEIGHT FALLS OF OVER 150METERS OVER ND/MN. ENHANCED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE PRODUCING EXPANDING AREA OF -SHRA AND EMBEDDED T ACRS NRN IA AND SRN MN VCNTY OF CDFNT. ELEVATED LIS DROP TO AROUND ZERO DURING THE NIGHT WITH IMPRESSIVE THICKNESS DIFLUENCE. INVERTED V SOUNDING AT KOAX AT 00Z. HENCE ALREADY BEEFED UP POPS TO LKLY AND ADDED THUNDER. UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS IN LOW LEVELS ALONG WITH EVAPORATIVE COOLING MAY ALLOW A FEW STRONG WINDS GUSTS TO REACH THE SURFACE LATER TNGT. 3 HOUR PRES RISES OF 4 TO 5MB IN WAKE OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ON MONDAY WITH STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION. LOWER PORTION OF FORECAST SOUNDINGS DRY ADIABATIC ALLOWING GOOD DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSFER. 30 TO 35KT MAY BE ABLE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. HENCE BEEFED UP WINDS A BIT FOR MONDAY. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && MBK
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 8:20 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 820 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-071029- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 820 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. ALSO...GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SNOW ON MONDAY...CHANGING OVER TO ALL LIGHT SNOW MONDAY NIGHT. THE ARRIVAL OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL CAUSE ANY STANDING WATER TO ICE OVER. ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR A TIME. ANY LINGERING SNOW WILL END MONDAY NIGHT. AN INCH OR LESS OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. GALE WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MBK
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:08 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
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- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 7, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 7, 2005
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, March 7, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 7, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 7, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 7, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 7, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 7, 2005
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, March 2005
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: 5440230.