Storm Record · Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Sauk, Walworth, Waukesha Counties
July 28, 2023: Straight-line wind and tornadoes across seven counties
1.25″
Largest hail
77
Strongest gust
2
Tornadoes
28
NWS reports
What the National Weather Service recorded
Multiple periods of thunderstorms came through southern Wisconsin due to the passage of low pressure. Mainly widespread wind damage was noted from the multiple rounds of storms, but some significant hail was observed and one tornado.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database · episode 181988
Every report, in the Weather Service's words
Where It Hit
| Location | County | Hazard | Size | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Rock Airport (2.13 SSE) | Sauk | Wind | 77 mph wind | |
| Lake Beulah (.86 NE) | Walworth | Wind | 75 mph wind | A barn or outbuilding lost a portion of its sheet metal roof. |
| Ft Atkinson (1.55 NW) | Jefferson | Wind | 75 mph wind | A swath of tree damage in Fort Atkinson. This includes 60-70 trees and branches down in Evergreen Cemetery. Other scattered trees and branches down in the city and just northwest of the city. Trees down on a car. 6000-7000 households and businesses without power. |
| Sullivan (3.15 SSE) | Jefferson | Wind | 70 mph wind | Estimated 60-70 mph wind gust at National Weather Service office. Some tree damage noted. |
| Baraboo (.5 W) | Sauk | Wind | 64 mph wind | Many trees and branches down in the Baraboo area, including highway signs and power poles. |
| Sullivan (4 SSE) | Jefferson | Wind | 64 mph wind | Multiple trees down on Hardscrabble Road. |
| Sauk City | Sauk | Wind | 60 mph wind | A large branch around 8 inches in diameter down on a house. |
| Muskego (1.38 N) | Waukesha | Wind | 60 mph wind | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph from a trained spotter. |
| East Troy (.69 N) | Walworth | Wind | 58 mph wind | Trees down. |
| Goerkes Corner (1.01 W) | Waukesha | Wind | 58 mph wind | A tree was split and another tree down. |
| Okee (4.61 NNE) | Columbia | Wind | 58 mph wind | Several large trees down along the northern portion of Lake Wisconsin. |
| Okee (1.52 N) | Columbia | Wind | 58 mph wind | A large tree down. |
| East Troy (2.06 NE) | Walworth | Wind | 58 mph wind | |
| Wisconsin Dells | Columbia | Wind | 58 mph wind | Large branches around 4-6 inches snapped. |
| Arlington (.85 NW) | Columbia | Wind | 58 mph wind | A tree with a diameter around 12 inches snapped at its base. Several large tree limbs down. |
| Lost Lake (2.8 S) | Dodge | Wind | 58 mph wind | An 8 inch diameter tree down on highway 73. |
| Hustisford (.85 NE) | Dodge | Wind | 58 mph wind | A tree branch around 4-6 inches in diameter fell onto a residential structure. |
| Beaver Dam Arpt | Dodge | Wind | 58 mph wind | A large tree branch around 6 inches in diameter snapped. |
| Stoughton (.51 W) | Dane | Wind | 58 mph wind | A tree down on a house. |
| (msn)truax Fld Madis (1.01 W) | Dane | Wind | 58 mph wind | |
| Waunakee (2.02 W) | Dane | Wind | 58 mph wind | A tree down. |
| Waunakee (.62 NNW) | Dane | Wind | 58 mph wind | Several trees and branches down. |
| Pipersville | Jefferson | Wind | 58 mph wind | A tree with a diameter around a foot down on the north side of the Rock River. |
| Palmyra (.51 E) | Jefferson | Wind | 58 mph wind | Scattered trees and branches down in Palmyra. |
| Dousman (2.94 SSE) | Waukesha | Wind | 58 mph wind | A tree fell onto a power pole knocking it down. |
| Mukwonago | Waukesha | Hail | 1.25" hail | |
| Eagle (3.66 W) | Waukesha | Tornado | EF1 | NWS damage survey found tree damage in a convergent path east of Palmyra. |
| Palmyra (2.15 E) | Jefferson | Tornado | EF1 | NWS damage survey found tree damage in a convergent path east of Palmyra. |
Service areas this storm touched