September 19th Hail in Southern Wisconsin

Overview

In the afternoon and evening hours of Monday, September 19th, a line of thunderstorms moved across southern Wisconsin. Most of the storms only produced small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain, but a few storms did produce severe weather.

The strongest storm of the afternoon began near La Crosse in western Wisconsin and moved west southwest towards Madison. Once the storm arrived in the Middleton and Madison areas, several people reported hail in excess of 1 inch, and in a few instances, hail greater than 2 inches. The largest hail stones reported were 2.25 inches.

Herzog

Radar loop from the afternoon and evening of September 19, 2016.

Wind & Hail
Storm Reports

Hail

Here are some of the more impressive hail reports. These all came from the Madison and Middleton areas.


SW Madison. Shared by Kyle Griffin.	Shorewood Hills. Shared by John Lalande.	Middleton. Shared by Milwaukee SKYWARN.	Middleton. Shared by Chris Kenney.

Storm Reports

Here are maps of the official severe weather reports across southern Wisconsin. Notice how the bulk of these reports came from the Middleton and Madison areas. This is likely due to the fact that there are more people in these areas. We are nearly certain that there were more reports outside of Middleton and Madison, and if you have any other reports place pass them along. We are especially looking for reports near Mazomanie, Cross Plains, and Stoughton.


Local Storm Reports from across southern Wisconsin.	Local Storm Reports from the Madison Area.	Maximum Estimated Size of Hail (MESH) tracks determined by Radar.

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