Storm Record · Columbia, Sauk Counties
July 16, 2023: Hail in Columbia and Sauk Counties
1″
Largest hail
81
Strongest gust
4
NWS reports
What the National Weather Service recorded
The passage of a weak cold front and upper level disturbance let to numerous strong thunderstorms across southern WI One storm became severe via downburst winds in the Lake Wisconsin area.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database · episode 181862
Every report, in the Weather Service's words
Where It Hit
| Location | County | Hazard | Size | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimac (3.16 W) | Sauk | Wind | 81 mph wind | A swath of widespread tree damage from Moon Valley to Merrimac. Numerous trees and branches snapped or uprooted. A large tree fell through a shed destroying it. A large tree branch fell onto a truck and another onto a garage. A Pontoon Boat was overturned on the shore of Lake WI. |
| Okee (2.24 WNW) | Columbia | Wind | 70 mph wind | Several trees down in Okee and scattered trees and branches down on the east shore of Lake WI and just inland from the lake. |
| Okee (.53 N) | Columbia | Hail | 1" hail | |
| Poynette (1.11 S) | Columbia | Hail | 0.75" hail |