Storm Record · Dodge County
July 19, 2011: Straight-line wind in Dodge County
What the National Weather Service recorded
A warm frontal zone, extending southeast from low pressure in the Northern Plains across Minnesota, Wisconsin and into northern Illinois, marked the leading edge of a hot and humid air mass over the Upper Midwest. A low-level jet moving over this front was the impetus for the development of severe thunderstorm clusters with short bowing segments that moved from west central Wisconsin to Southeast Wisconsin late in the evening of July 19th into the early morning of July 20th. The storm clusters produced damaging wind gusts that felled trees and blew down power lines from Marquette and Green Lake counties through Fond Du Lac County into Dodge County.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database · episode 56253
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Where It Hit
| Location | County | Hazard | Size | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | Dodge | Wind | 60 mph wind | Large tree branches were reported blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 61 mph (52 knots) that blocked a road and also blew down other large branches across Beaver Dam. |
| Brownsville | Dodge | Wind | 60 mph wind | Large tree branches were reported blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 61 mph (52 knots). |
Service areas this storm touched