Hail in Wisconsin, November 4, 2022

Name: Hail in Wisconsin, November 4, 2022
Start: 2022-11-04T13:11
End: 2022-11-04T14:37
Location: Wisconsin

November 4, 2022 · NWS MKX · 13 events in 4 counties and zones

Scattered thunderstorms along a slow moving cold front produced large hail over portions of southern WI during the afternoon.

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: 13

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 along a slow moving cold front produced large hail over portions of southern WI during the afternoon.

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 Nov 4, 9:25 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 9:25 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 4, 9:34 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 4, 9:24 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 4, 12:37 PM CST, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 4, 1:08 PM CST, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 4, 1:11 PM CST, 0 minutes before

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The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:13 UTC.

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Event by event

13 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dane

When: November 4, 1:11 PM CST
Where: Dane County, 0.86 mi SW of Downtown Madison
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.060, -89.430

Hail, Dane

When: November 4, 1:13 PM CST
Where: Dane County, 1.22 mi SW of Monona
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.060, -89.340

Hail, Dane

When: November 4, 1:15 PM CST
Where: Dane County, 1.22 mi SE of North Madison
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.110, -89.310

Hail, Dane

When: November 4, 1:15 PM CST
Where: Dane County, 0.86 mi SW of Maple Bluff
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.090, -89.360

Hail, Dane

When: November 4, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Dane County, 1.47 mi SSW of Sun Prairie
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.160, -89.210

Hail, Dane

When: November 4, 1:24 PM CST
Where: Dane County, 1.71 mi SW of Maple Bluff
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.080, -89.370

Hail, Columbia

When: November 4, 1:32 PM CST
Where: Columbia County, 0.85 mi NW of Columbus
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.340, -89.030

Hail, Dane

When: November 4, 1:35 PM CST
Where: Dane County, 2.81 mi N of York Center
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.270, -89.060

Hail, Dane

When: November 4, 1:50 PM CST
Where: Dane County, Deerfield
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.050, -89.070

Hail, Dodge

When: November 4, 1:50 PM CST
Where: Dodge County, Mayville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.500, -88.550

Hail, Dodge

When: November 4, 2:05 PM CST to 2:08 PM CST
Where: Dodge County, 0.85 mi NW of Lomira
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 43.590, -88.440

Hail, Milwaukee

When: November 4, 2:33 PM CST
Where: Milwaukee County, 1.47 mi SSW of State Fair Park
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.000, -88.020

Hail, Milwaukee

When: November 4, 2:37 PM CST
Where: Milwaukee County, 1.55 mi SSW of State Fair Park
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 43.000, -88.023

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, November 2022

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: 1059110, 1059111, 1059112, 1059113, 1059115, 1059114, 1059122, 1059116, 1059118, 1059121, 1059123, 1059119, 1059120.