Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- April 21, 11:21 AM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, 0.86 mi NW of Greenfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.960, -88.010
Pictures provided.
Hail in Wisconsin, April 21, 2026
Scattered thunderstorms develop over far southeast WI with the passage of an upper level disturbance and the approach of a weak cold front. A couple storms produced large hail.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
Scattered thunderstorms develop over far southeast WI with the passage of an upper level disturbance and the approach of a weak cold front. A couple storms produced large hail.
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:17 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- April 21, 11:24 AM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, 0.69 mi N of (Mke)mitchell Apt Mi
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.960, -87.900
Pictures provided by the weather observer at Mitchell Field.
Hail, Milwaukee
- When
- April 21, 11:26 AM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee County, 1.01 mi W of (Mke)mitchell Apt Mi
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -87.920
Hail, Racine
- When
- April 21, 11:54 AM CST
- Where
- Racine County, 1.23 mi NE of North Cape
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.790, -88.050
Hail, Racine
- When
- April 21, 11:56 AM CST
- Where
- Racine County, 2.07 mi S of Union Grove Hrnr Arp
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -88.130
Hail, Racine
- When
- April 21, 12:19 PM CST
- Where
- Racine County, 2.31 mi SSE of Elmwood Park
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -87.810
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 1335077, 1335078, 1335079, 1335080, 1335081, 1335082.