Storm Record · Dane, Dodge, Walworth Counties

April 9, 2015: Hail in Dane, Dodge and Walworth Counties

1.5″
Largest hail
6
NWS reports

What the National Weather Service recorded

The approach of a warm front brought numerous showers and thunderstorms, and heavy rain to southern WI the night of April 8th into the morning of April 9th. Low pressure then tracked along the warm front that was located along the WI and IL border in the evening. Numerous thunderstorms developed over southern WI and northern IL from the late afternoon and evening hours. Several of the thunderstorms produced severe hail in southern WI.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database · episode 93202

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Where It Hit

Location County Hazard Size Report
Pell Lake (1.02 E) Walworth Hail 1.5" hail
Mazomanie (.5 W) Dane Hail 1" hail
Iron Ridge (2.51 W) Dodge Hail 1" hail
Lake Geneva (.51 E) Walworth Hail 1" hail
Iron Ridge (2.51 W) Dodge Hail 0.75" hail
Genoa City (.51 E) Walworth Hail 0.75" hail
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, Wisconsin