Wisconsin, 2022

Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 11, 2022

July 11, 2022 · NWS MPX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A surface trough moved across the area Monday afternoon, July 11th. Ample wind shear of 30-40 knots, combined with 1500 J/kg of CAPE, caused a few storms to develop across west central Wisconsin.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 MPX wrote it up.

A surface trough moved across the area Monday afternoon, July 11th. Ample wind shear of 30-40 knots, combined with 1500 J/kg of CAPE, caused a few storms to develop across west central Wisconsin. Some hail and gust winds occurred with the strongest storms, one of which caused a wind gust of 67 mph at the KEAU airport.

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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 5:53 PM CST, 19 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 5:53 PM CST, 19 hours 52 minutes before
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The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rusk

When
July 11, 1:45 PM CST
Where
Rusk County, 8.42 mi S of Weyerhaeuser
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
45.310, -91.390

Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa

When
July 11, 2:19 PM CST
Where
Chippewa County, 0.85 mi SW of (Eau)eau Claire Arpt
Measured
58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
44.860, -91.490

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

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1033691, 1031326.