Storm Record · Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Walworth Counties
July 6, 2017: Straight-line wind across five counties
1″
Largest hail
70
Strongest gust
10
NWS reports
What the National Weather Service recorded
Numerous thunderstorms developed as a cold front approached southern WI. The storms contained large hail and damaging winds.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database · episode 117906
Every report, in the Weather Service's words
Where It Hit
| Location | County | Hazard | Size | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Farland (1.22 SW) | Dane | Wind | 70 mph wind | Many large trees and limbs down in the village of McFarland. Some large limbs down on fences and homes. A trampoline was blown into a street. |
| Monona (.96 SSE) | Dane | Wind | 64 mph wind | Several trees down including one tree on a house. |
| Lebanon (.69 N) | Dodge | Wind | 63 mph wind | Multiple trees down as large at 8 inches in diameter. |
| Portage (1 W) | Columbia | Wind | 58 mph wind | A few trees down near Portage. |
| Beaver Dam (.5 W) | Dodge | Wind | 58 mph wind | Several trees down. |
| (msn)truax Fld Madis (.5 E) | Dane | Hail | 1" hail | |
| Lake Beulah (1.52 W) | Walworth | Hail | 1" hail | |
| Bowers (.86 NE) | Walworth | Hail | 1" hail | |
| Palmyra (1.38 S) | Jefferson | Hail | 1" hail | Estimated 50 mph wind with one inch hail falling. |
| Johnson Creek | Jefferson | Hail | 0.75" hail |
Service areas this storm touched