Storm Record · Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Sauk, Walworth, Waukesha Counties
July 23, 2022: Straight-line wind across seven counties
2.5″
Largest hail
64
Strongest gust
36
NWS reports
What the National Weather Service recorded
Several rounds of severe thunderstorms tracked along a warm front over southern WI from the afternoon of July 23rd into the early morning hours of July 24th. Numerous reports of wind damage were received. Destructive, large hail and flash flooding also occurred.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database · episode 171590
Every report, in the Weather Service's words
Where It Hit
| Location | County | Hazard | Size | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Lake (4.14 NW) | Dodge | Wind | 64 mph wind | A path of sporadic tree damage across the north half of Dodge County including in Horicon. Some large trees down. A small number of tree limbs down on houses and vehicles. |
| Clyman Jct (2.61 ENE) | Dodge | Wind | 64 mph wind | A small number of trees uprooted or snapped. |
| Sun Prairie (2.13 WSW) | Dane | Wind | 64 mph wind | Winds estimated at 65 mph. |
| Juneau (.69 N) | Dodge | Wind | 61 mph wind | |
| Reedsburg (.69 N) | Sauk | Wind | 60 mph wind | Scattered tree damage across the northern portion of the county. |
| Pardeeville (1.22 NW) | Columbia | Wind | 60 mph wind | Law enforcement estimates wind gusts of 60-65 mph. |
| Wyocena (.5 W) | Columbia | Wind | 60 mph wind | Scattered tree limbs down. |
| Pardeeville (1.22 NW) | Columbia | Wind | 60 mph wind | Multiple tree limbs down on the roof of a home. |
| Randolph (.69 N) | Dodge | Wind | 60 mph wind | |
| Beaver Dam (.85 SW) | Dodge | Wind | 60 mph wind | Several large tree limbs down. |
| Mayville (1 E) | Dodge | Wind | 60 mph wind | Many trees down and much of Mayville without power. |
| Cross Plains (1.22 SW) | Dane | Wind | 60 mph wind | A large tree uprooted. |
| Black Hawk (.69 N) | Sauk | Wind | 60 mph wind | Trees snapped and corn blown down. |
| Lac La Belle (2.13 SSW) | Waukesha | Wind | 60 mph wind | A large tree uprooted. |
| Elkhorn (1.23 NE) | Walworth | Wind | 60 mph wind | Numerous tree branches and power lines down. |
| Black Earth (1.22 NE) | Dane | Wind | 60 mph wind | A large tree limb snapped off. |
| Downtown Madison (1.22 SW) | Dane | Wind | 60 mph wind | Tree snapped off at base. |
| Waunakee (1.22 NW) | Dane | Wind | 60 mph wind | Two trees snapped off at the base. |
| Shorewood Hills (1.22 SW) | Dane | Wind | 60 mph wind | Large tree and power line down. |
| Mt Horeb (.86 NW) | Dane | Wind | 60 mph wind | Trees down on a house and a power pole. Small branches down. |
| Albion (2.14 WNW) | Dane | Wind | 58 mph wind | Branches down. |
| Beaver Dam (.85 SW) | Dodge | Wind | 58 mph wind | Several branches and a street light down. |
| Neosho (3.32 WSW) | Dodge | Wind | 58 mph wind | Several 3 inch diameter branches down. |
| Oak Grove (1.38 S) | Dodge | Wind | 58 mph wind | Several 3 inch diameter branches down. |
| Sandusky (1.16 E) | Sauk | Wind | 58 mph wind | Scattered trees and branches down across the county. |
| Cottage Grove (1.47 NNW) | Dane | Wind | 58 mph wind | Scattered tree limbs down. |
| Ft Atkinson (.51 E) | Jefferson | Wind | 58 mph wind | Multiple trees and branches down in Fort Atkinson. |
| Albion (.51 E) | Dane | Hail | 2.5" hail | |
| Albion (1.52 E) | Dane | Hail | 2" hail | |
| Monona (1.22 SW) | Dane | Hail | 1" hail | |
| Albion | Dane | Hail | 1" hail | |
| Elkhorn (.51 E) | Walworth | Hail | 1" hail | |
| Token Creek (.86 SE) | Dane | Hail | 0.75" hail | |
| Door Creek (1.52 W) | Dane | Hail | 0.75" hail | |
| Mc Farland (.86 SW) | Dane | Hail | 0.75" hail | |
| Elkhorn (1.02 E) | Walworth | Hail | 0.75" hail |
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