Storm Record · Columbia, Dane, Walworth Counties
August 24, 2020: Straight-line wind in Columbia, Dane and Walworth Counties
1″
Largest hail
60
Strongest gust
9
NWS reports
What the National Weather Service recorded
A persistent transport of warm and moist air aloft brought repeated rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms, and heavy rainfall to east central WI and portions of southeast and south central WI the evening of August 24th into the daylight hours of August 25th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database · episode 150091
Every report, in the Weather Service's words
Where It Hit
| Location | County | Hazard | Size | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Prairie | Dane | Wind | 60 mph wind | Estimated wind gust around 60 mph. |
| Millard (3.68 NW) | Walworth | Wind | 58 mph wind | Many trees down in the area. |
| De Forest (.5 W) | Dane | Wind | 58 mph wind | Estimated wind gust of 58 mph. |
| Cambria | Columbia | Wind | 58 mph wind | Some trees down in Cambria and surrounding area. |
| Windsor (.5 W) | Dane | Wind | 58 mph wind | A tree down in Windsor. |
| Otsego (2.56 NW) | Columbia | Wind | 58 mph wind | Multiple trees and wires down in southeast Columbia County. |
| Portage (3.34 E) | Columbia | Wind | 58 mph wind | Several trees down or snapped off in the Saddle Ridge Estates neighborhood. |
| Elkhorn | Walworth | Hail | 1" hail | Five to 10 minutes of quarter size hail. |
| Pardeeville (1.71 NW) | Columbia | Hail | 0.75" hail |
Service areas this storm touched