Hail, Sauk
- When
- June 2, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sauk County, 2.5 mi W of Sauk City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -89.780
Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 2, 2010
A line of strong thunderstorms pushed southeast across southern Wisconsin. 75 inches.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
A line of strong thunderstorms pushed southeast across southern Wisconsin. Within the line, a fairly intense thunderstorm produced large hail-with the largest being 1.75 inches.
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 2, 2:30 AM CST, 13 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:30 AM CST, 13 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 330 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 .SHORT TERM... TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM CURRENT RADAR INDICATES STRATIFORM PRECIP SHIELD SHOULD BE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BY SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. AFTER THAT...THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY...MORE PROBABLE IN THE AFTERNOON AS A WEAK WAVE KICKS OFF SOME CONVECTION. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING AFTERNOON CAPES AROUND 500 J/KG ALONG WITH DECENT REMAINING COLUMN MOISTURE...SO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS DO SEEM REASONABLE. NOT SURE HOW MUCH SUNSHINE THERE WILL BE TODAY...BUT 925 TEMPS SUGGESTING HIGHS RUNNING NEAR NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF SRN WI. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY DIE OUT THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING...WITH DRYING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BRIEFLY MOVE OVERHEAD ON THURSDAY WITH DRY WEATHER AND CONTINUED NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WI ON FRIDAY...WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS. INCREASED POPS FOR THE DAY FRIDAY AS MODELS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT FOR A FASTER SOLUTION. .LONG TERM... SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE...LOW THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT CONFIDENCE IN TIMING IS NOT GREAT. A COUPLE WAVES EMBEDDED IN THE GENERAL ZONAL TO NORTHWEST FLOW SEEM PROBABLE AT SOME POINT THIS WEEKEND...BUT MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER QUITE A BIT WITH WHEN THESE FEATURES WILL AFFECT WISCONSIN. LEANED TOWARD THE HPC SOLUTION...WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THE GFS/CANADIAN SOLUTIONS. KEPT CHANCE OF POPS LOW DUE TO TIMING ISSUES. && .AVIATION...OVERALL...A VFR KIND OF DAY. SOME CAVEATS BELOW. FIRSTLY...WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROF AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT DRIFTING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTHERN WISCONSIN PRIMARILY GOT INTO THE NORTH SIDE STRATIFORM PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER CONVECTION SOUTH OF THE AREA. THIS ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE EXITING TO THE SOUTHEAST BY AROUND 12Z WED. WITH THE TROF/CDFNT EXITING AND WINDS TURNING NORTH THEN NORTHEAST...IN ADDITION TO MOIST CONDITIONS DUE TO RAINFALL...THERE IS CONCERN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS DURING THE MORNING. ALSO...NORTHEAST FLOW DOWN THE LAKE OFTEN RESULTS IN SOME SURPRISE IFR CIGS FOR A BRIEF TIME AT KMKE AND POSSIBLY KENW. THIS WIND SHIFT WOULD OCCUR TOWARD MID TO LATE MORNING. CONFIDENCE QUITE LOW THIS WILL HAPPEN...BUT IT DOES DESERVE A HEADS-UP. THEN ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL ARRIVE LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME LINGERING INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT COULD HELP SUPPORT MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS DURING PEAK HEATING TODAY. GENERALLY QUIET WITH VFR CIGS TONIGHT. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. LM...NONE. && SHORT/LONG TERM...DDV/07 AVIATION/MARINE...DAVIS/05
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:33 AM CST, 11 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 433 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-030945- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 433 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 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 CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. THE BEST CHANCE SHOULD BE FRIDAY...AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF MADISON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ643>646-030945- 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- 433 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. THE BEST CHANCE SHOULD BE FRIDAY. DAVIS WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:18 PM CST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 418 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 WIZ057-063-022145- COLUMBIA-DANE- 418 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN DANE COUNTY... AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF WAUNAKEE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DE FOREST AND WINDSOR BY 430 PM CDT... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. KUHLMAN
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:30 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Dane
- When
- June 2, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County, 2.98 mi SSW of North Bristol
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 43.234, -89.232
A lightning strike ignited a fire that damaged areas of the second floor and attic of a home in the 3600 block of Wyndwood Way in the Town of Bristol.
Hail, Dane
- When
- June 2, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Dane County, 3 mi N of Deerfield to Deerfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.093, -89.070
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- June 2, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 1 mi W of Lake Mills
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -88.920
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- June 2, 4:28 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 2 mi SW of Lake Mills
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.059, -88.928
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- June 2, 4:30 PM CST to 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Lake Mills
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -88.900
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 2 to 6, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, June 2, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, June 2, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 2 to 3, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 2, 2010
- Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2 to 3, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2010
- Flooding in Iowa, June 2 to 7, 2010
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 2, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 2010
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 2010
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: 243247, 243249, 224431, 224429, 224430, 244360.