4 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Aug 29, 4:01 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 501 AM CDT TUE AUG 29 2006 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON PCPN CHANCES TODAY AND TONIGHT. UPPER TROF AXIS FM NW WI TO IA WILL SLOWLY DRIFT ACROSS WI THROUGH TNT REACHING CNTRL IL TO LOWER MI BY 12Z WED. THE ASSOCIATED INVERTED SFC TROUGH EXTENDING ACROSS SRN AND WRN WI WILL ALSO PIVOT SWD TODAY. FCST SOUDNINGS INDICATED WEAKLY CAPPED ATM WITH MLCAPES FROM 400-800 J/KG THIS AFT GIVEN SOME SUNSHINE TODAY. EXPANDED 20- 30 POPS ACROSS THE CWA. LINGERED RAIN CHANCES IN SE CORNER THROUGH TNT DUE TO PROXIMITY OF VORTICITY MAXIMUM PASSING FROM NORTH CENTRAL IL INTO IN. UPPER LOW WILL THEN DRIFT AND EXPAND ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND SE USA THROUGH FRIDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD INTO THE REGION WITH NE WINDS AND DRIER AIR. A SHARP UPPER TROF WILL THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS ON FRI AND BECOME CLOSED AND CUT OFF FROM THE JET STREAM IN THE VICINITY OF WI FOR THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING A COOL AND SHOWERY PATTERN. PREFFERED THE WARMER GFS MOS GUIDANCE AWAY FROM THE LAKE FOR WED AND THU GIVEN MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 20/20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 435 AM CDT TUE AUG 29 2006 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-301000- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 435 AM CDT TUE AUG 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY SHALLOW FOG MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO AROUND 1/4 MILE IN LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL ABOUT 9 AM. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-665-301000- NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE TO WIND POINT- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE- SHEBOYGAN WI TO PORT WASHINGTON- WIND POINT TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS- 435 AM CDT TUE AUG 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AS NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS. THIS WILL ALLOW WAVES TO BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET. THESE WAVES WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY STILL BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS AND WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET EXPECTED. THESE WAVES WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. DAVIS
4 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief waterspout was observed by many people. It formed along a shear line set up by a land breeze. Towering cumulus clouds were noted along with some rain showers in the vicinity, but there were no thunderstorms.
A brief waterspout was observed by many people. It formed along a shear line set up by a land breeze. Towering cumulus clouds were noted along with some rain showers in the vicinity, but there were no thunderstorms.
A brief waterspout was observed by many people. It formed along a shear line set up by a land breeze. Towering cumulus clouds were noted along with some rain showers in the vicinity, but there were no thunderstorms.
A brief waterspout was observed by many people. It formed along a shear line set up by a land breeze. Towering cumulus clouds were noted along with some rain showers in the vicinity, but there were no thunderstorms.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Lake Michigan in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather history
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: 5532708, 5532709, 5532710, 5532711.