Storm Record · Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha Counties
June 6, 2008: Straight-line wind in Jefferson, Walworth and Waukesha Counties
0.75″
Largest hail
72
Strongest gust
7
NWS reports
What the National Weather Service recorded
An upper-level impulse and surface trough moved through southern Wisconsin producing thunderstorms. There was sufficient instability and vertical wind shear to product a number of funnel clouds and one tornado on top of many large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database · episode 19148
Every report, in the Weather Service's words
Where It Hit
| Location | County | Hazard | Size | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Bay | Walworth | Wind | 72 mph wind | Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees and powerlines. One tree fell on a vehicle and damaged it. the wind gust was measured at Badger High School, part of the Milwuakee TV-6 WITI school network. |
| Lannon (1 W) | Waukesha | Wind | 58 mph wind | Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees. |
| Palmyra | Jefferson | Wind | 58 mph wind | Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees. |
| Eagle (4 NW) | Waukesha | Wind | 58 mph wind | Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees in the vicinity of CTH Z and N. |
| Lannon (1 W) | Waukesha | Wind | 58 mph wind | Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees on Town Line Rd and Good Hope Rd. |
| Genoa City | Walworth | Wind | 58 mph wind | Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down a few large trees and powerlines. |
| Walworth (1 S) | Walworth | Hail | 0.75" hail |