Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 28, 2006

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 28, 2006
Start: 2006-06-28T16:12
End: 2006-06-28T18:08
Location: Wisconsin

June 28, 2006 · NWS MKX · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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 thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon or early evening hours of June 28th across south-central and southeast Wisconsin. Some of these storms pulsed to severe limits and produced marginally severe hail and damaging winds. Cold air aloft created instability which allowed the storms to develop. These storms diminished as the evening progressed.

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 28, 1:25 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:25 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
225 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON PCPN CHCS THIS WEEKEND INTO
NEXT WEEK.

UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA
SHOULD EXIT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY 8 PM...ALONG WITH ANY LEFTOVER
INSTABILITY SHOWERS. THUS WILL KEEP ISOLATED SHOWERS GOING THRU 8
PM.

HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WILL
KEEP THE WEATHER SCENE RATHER QUIET FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TEMPS
WILL MODIFY 2-3 DEGREES EACH DAY. FOR SATURDAY...WEAK WARM AIR
ADVECTION CONTINUES AT 850 MB INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...AND MODELS
DO MOISTEN UP THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS...BUT DRY LOW-LEVEL RETURN
FLOW AROUND EXITING HIGH PRESSURE WILL CUT OFF ANY PCPN CHANCES
FOR SATURDAY. ALSO...NO LOW-LEVEL LIFT/SQUEEZE FOR SATURDAY SINCE
NO FRONT.

WEAK SURFACE TROUGH...AHEAD OF COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH THRU MN AND
NORTHERN WI...IS PROGGED...TO VARYING DEGREES...TO PASS THRU
WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS SHORTWAVE ALOFT IN NORTHWEST FLOW SWEEPS
THRU THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WILL HAVE A LOW CHANCE FOR TSTMS WITH
THIS SCENARIO FOR SATURDAY NIGHT.

AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...A
SERIES OF SHORT WAVES PROGGED TO MOVE THRU GREAT LAKES REGION. COLD
FRONT PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IS PROGGED BY GFS AND OTHER MODELS TO DROP
INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN DURING THIS PERIOD...AND THEN MOVE BACK NORTH
AS A WARM FRONT. THUS WILL KEEP CHANCE OF TSTMS GOING THROUGHOUT THIS
PERIOD. TIMING OF SHORT WAVES AND EXACT LOCATION OF FRONT WITH
ASSOCIATED FORCING ARE DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN AT THIS TIME...THUS
DON/T HAVE CONFIDENCE TO GO DRY IN ANY OF THE 12 HOUR PERIODS DURING
THIS TIME FRAME.

FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN APPEARS TO BE ON
THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF A CLOSED LOW/CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DRIFTING
NORTHEAST THROUGH MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. THUS WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF
TSTMS FOR MY SOUTHERN TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES DURING THIS TIME. ON
WEDNESDAY...THIS LOW IS PROGGED TO BE EAST OF WISCONSIN. TIMING OF
THIS SYSTEM IS UP FOR GRABS.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

KAPELA

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
250 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-290945-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
250 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD
BE ON THE STRONG SIDE WITH MAINLY SMALL HAIL ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM LAKE GENEVA TO GREEN LAKE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LMZ643>646-665-290945-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE-
NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE TO WIND POINT-
WIND POINT TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS-
WISCONSIN ADJACENT OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN TO MID LAKE-
250 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. SOME MAINLY SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH BRIEF
GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

COLLAR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:54 PM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
454 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     HAIL             2 S MONTELLO            43.77N 89.33W
06/28/2006  E0.25 INCH       MARQUETTE          WI   PUBLIC

&&

DRH

Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:12 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
512 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0512 PM     HAIL             PARDEEVILLE             43.53N 89.30W
06/28/2006  M0.88 INCH       COLUMBIA           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DRH

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Columbia

When: June 28, 4:12 PM CST to 4:15 PM CST
Where: Columbia County, Pardeeville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 43.533, -89.283

Hail, Marquette

When: June 28, 4:20 PM CST to 4:23 PM CST
Where: Marquette County, 6 mi SW of Endeavor
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.633, -89.550

Hail, Dodge

When: June 28, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Dodge County, 4 mi NE of Watertown
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.233, -88.667

Hail, Waukesha

When: June 28, 5:08 PM CST
Where: Waukesha County, Oconomowoc
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.117, -88.483

Thunderstorm Wind, Waukesha

When: June 28, 5:21 PM CST to 5:40 PM CST
Where: Waukesha County, 1 mi E of Delafield
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.067, -88.383

Trees were reported down with the damaging winds. Penny sized hail was also noted for 5 minutes within the swath of wind damage.

Hail, Dane

When: June 28, 5:30 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
Where: Dane County, Cottage Grove
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.083, -89.200

The ground was nearly covered white with hail accumulation.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rock

When: June 28, 6:08 PM CST
Where: Rock County, Janesville
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.683, -89.017

Trees down.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, June 2006

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: 5515680, 5515686, 5515681, 5515683, 5515682, 5515684, 5515685.