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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.
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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 Jul 11, 1:05 PM CST, 10 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 205 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 .SHORT TERM... MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HAS PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST AND DISSIPATED. WAKE LOW PRODUCED A FEW GUSTS TO 37 KNOTS. ALSO INTERESTING EYE-LIKE FEATURE ON MCV. DEW POINTS HAVE BEHIND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NOW OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS. HIGH DEW POINT AXIS TO THE WEST JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MOISTURE TRAPPED BELOW CAP THERE WITH BAND OF LOW CLOUDS. 12Z NAM SHOWED RAPID DESTABILIZATION OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER WITH LOWER DEW POINTS AND EFFECTS OF DISSIPATED COMPLEX NEW RUC SOUNDINGS HAVE A STRONG CAP WITH ELEVATED CAPE. WITH DRY MID LEVELS AND STILL A CAP...ALTHOUGH IT DOES WEAKEN. THUNDERSTORMS BREAKING OUT SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND CENTRAL IL. MODELS PICK THIS UP...BUT DO NOT BRING IT NORTH. POSSIBLY DUE TO STRONGER CAP. EXPECT MAIN THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL TO BE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING WITH APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS OCCURS AT TIME OF CONVECTIVE MINIMUM...AND WITH A MORE WEST SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW AHEAD OF APPROACHING SHORTWAVE...A PROPAGATING MCS IS NOT ANTICIPATED. WE MAY BE LEFT WITH THIS SOME MODERATE CONVECTION WITH THE FRONT. AS A RESULT NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ANTICIPATED. COLD FRONT SHOULD EXIT THE FAR SOUTHEAST BY NOON...THUS THE SEVERE THREAT SATURDAY SHOULD BE TO OUT SOUTH AND EAST. NICE DRYING BEHIND FRONT WITH DEW POINTS FALLING INTO THE MID 50S BY EVENING. CAP AROUND 700MB AND LIMITED MOISTURE SHOULD PREVENT ANY SHOWERS FROM DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATE SHOULD BRING SOME GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST AREAS OF THE FORECAST AREA. LARGE HIGH BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR ADVECTION ON BACK SIDE OF HIGH GENERATES SOME PRECIPITATION NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY. .LONG TERM... 06 GFS IS FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH 00Z ECMWF. EARLIER 00Z GFS DIFFERED IN LATE DAYS...WITH 06Z RUN OF GFS IN LINE WITH ECMWF. NEW 12Z WENT BACK MORE TOWARDS OLD 00Z SOLUTION...BUT THESE DIFFERENCES ARE MAINLY BEYOND 7 DAYS. MODELS GOING TO A MOVE ZONAL JET ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN CANADA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE JET SINKING SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE U.S. FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PUSH INTO WISCONSIN TUESDAY NIGHT...WEAKEN AND STALL. LIMITED MOISTURE RETURN INITIALLY...BUT BY THURSDAY NIGHT BOTH GFS AND ECMWF BRINGS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF QPF TO CENTRAL WI...THEN SAGGING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ON FRIDAY. && .AVIATION... EXPECT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO COME ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WILL PLAY CEILINGS IN THE VFR CATEGORY BUT SOME MVFR CEILINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE STORMS. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT/LONG TERM...06/HENTZ AVIATION/MARINE...10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 805 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-121100- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 805 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STORMS COULD TURN SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND HAIL TO TWO INCHES. SOME LAKES...RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. A PORTION OF THE ROCK RIVER IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE MODERATE FLOODING...WITH THE STRETCH OF THE RIVER NEAR NEWVILLE STILL AT MAJOR FLOOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-121100- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 805 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD TURN SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS EXCEEDING 50 KNOTS AND HAIL TO TWO INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. MBK WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
700 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TORNADO 2 SE MAYVILLE 43.48N 88.52W
06/12/2008 DODGE WI NWS STORM SURVEY
A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO SPUN UP 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MAYVILLE. THE TORNADO LASTED FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE. THE
PATH LENGTH WAS 0.1 MILE AND THE MAX WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS.
0704 PM TORNADO 5 S MARKESAN 43.64N 88.99W
07/07/2008 GREEN LAKE WI NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF-1 TORNADO SPUN UP AT 704 PM 4.9 MILES SOUTH OF
MARKESAN AND TRAVELLED 1.0 MILE TO 4.3 MILES SSE OF
MARKESAN BY 706 PM. THE MAX PATH WIDTH WAS 75 YARDS.
0827 PM LIGHTNING WATERTOWN 43.19N 88.72W
07/07/2008 JEFFERSON WI BROADCAST MEDIA
LIGHTNING STRUCK A 16 YEAR OLD BOY AND KILLED HIM.
0533 PM TORNADO WSW DALTON 43.66N 89.21W
07/10/2008 GREEN LAKE WI EMERGENCY MNGR
AN EF-1 TORNADO SPUN UP AT 533 PM 0.5 MILES WSW OF DALTON
AND TRAVELLED 1.1 MILES TO 0.4 MILES ESE OF DALTON BY 535
PM. THE MAX PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS.
&&
BORGHOFFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1146 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-120645- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1146 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 1145 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LONG LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THIS LINE IS PUSHING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. IF IT MAINTAINS ITS PRESENT TRACK...IT WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST MARQUETTE...WESTERN SAUK...AND NORTHWEST IOWA COUNTIES BETWEEN 1 AM AND 130 AM. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OVER MUCH OF MINNESOTA...HOWEVER THIS LINE MAY WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES TO TRACK EAST OVERNIGHT. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND NOTHERN ILLINOIS. A FEW OF THESE MAY BECOME STRONG AHEAD OF THE MAIN SQUALL LINE...WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY AGGRIVATE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS OR CREATE NEW ONES. STAY ALERT FOR RISING WATER IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. BORGHOFF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1253 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-120800- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1253 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 1250 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LONG LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CRANDON...TO STEVENS POINT...TO MAUSTON...TO VIROQUA...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...TO NEAR WATERLOO. THIS LINE IS PUSHING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. THIS LINE WILL IMPACT LAWRENCE...WISCONSIN DELLS...AND MUSCODA BY 125 AM...GREEN LAKE...DALTON...POYNETTE...MARXVILLE...AND DODGEVILLE BY 200 AM...AND ROSENDALE...FOX LAKE...MADISON...AND PLATTEVILLE BY 220 AM. ALTHOUGH THIS LINE HAS WEAKENED OVER THE PAST COUPLE HOURS...IT IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. A FEW OF THESE MAY BECOME STRONG AHEAD OF THE MAIN SQUALL LINE...WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS OR CREATE NEW ONES. STAY ALERT FOR RISING WATER IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. BORGHOFF
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:59 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled large trees and knocked down tree branches that damaged several homes in and around Juda.
Lightning struck a home that srated a minor fire. There was some damage. Time is only estimated since newspaper article didn't specify the time.
Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees.
Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees.
Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees. One road was blocked.
Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees.
Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees.
Fire struck a barn and started a fire that resulted in damage. A firefighter was injured by flying debris while fightning the fire.
A series of thunderstorms dumped 1 to 3 inches of rain across the city of Janesville. Several roads become flooded with fast-flowing water to the depth of 1 to 3 feet. Several cars stalled in the deep water and drivers had to be rescued. Some basement flooding was noted with damage to contents.
Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled large trees.
Heavy rains of 1 to 2 inches resulted in minor urban and small stream flooding. Stationary water depths on some roads reached a foot which resulted in the closure of STH 11 and STH 14.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, July 2008
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: 120269, 124649, 120271, 120278, 120276, 120273, 120274, 124646, 120285, 120288, 124644.