August 7, 2019 Damaging Wind and Large Hail

Overview

A line of storms moved through east central to southeast Wisconsin on the evening of August 7th, 2019. Damaging winds occurred in two main areas: Berlin to Ripon and Elkhorn to Twin Lakes. Some large hail fell in the Berlin area as well.

Radar
Photos
Storm Reports

Radar Imagery:

Damaging winds occurred in two main areas: Berlin (Green Lake County) to Ripon (Fond du Lac County) and Elkhorn to Genoa City (Walworth County) to Twin Lakes (Kenosha County).

Radar Imagery:

See below for interesting radar images during this event:


Why was there no warning for Walworth/Kenosha County?	Velocity Image Showing Strong Winds Just South Of Ripon

Storm Relative Velocity Showing Rotation Which Prompted Tornado Warning	Radar Animation Of Storms For Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Photos

Storm Photos


Shelf/Wall Cloud - Brandon (Kimberly Hamm-Lishamer)	Tree Uprooted - Twin Lakes (Peter Lishamer)	Hail - Ripon (Shannon Marie)	Tree Damage - Ripon (Nancy Chamberlain Flasch)

Tree Damage - Ripon (Nancy Chamberlain Flasch)	Tree Damage - Ripon (Nancy Chamberlain Flasch)	Tree Damage - Ripon (Nancy Chamberlain Flasch)	Tree Damage - Ripon (Nancy Chamberlain Flasch)

Tree Damage - Berlin (Matt Mullowney)	Tree Damage - Berlin (Milwaukee Skywarn)	Tree Damage - Helenville (Chris Wieder)	Tree Damage - Milwaukee (Stephanie Barichello)

Tree Damage - Prairie du Sac (Guy Brown)	Trailer Damage - Elkhorn (Rob Stiglitz)	Tree Damage - Genoa City (Holly Stamper)	Tree Damage - Lake Geneva (Nino Cruzillini)

Tree Damage - Lake Geneva (Nick Cekosh)	Tree Damage - Pell Lake (David Stefaniak)	Tree Damage - Pell Lake (David Stefaniak)	Tree Damage - Pell Lake (David Stefaniak)

Tree Damage - Pell Lake (Debbie Schroeder Williams)	Tree Damage - Pell Lake (Kate Baker)	Tree Damage - Pell Lake (Kate Baker)	Tree Damage - Elkhorn (E Scherzer)

Tree Damage - Elkhorn (E Scherzer)	Tree Damage - Elkhorn (E Scherzer)	Tree Damage - Sugar Creek (Dan Klawien)	Tree Damage - Sugar Creek (Dan Klawien)

Tree Damage - Walworth County (Cassidy Williams)

Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
239 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1218 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W GENOA CITY          42.50N 88.34W
08/08/2019                   WALWORTH           WI   PUBLIC           

            GENOA CITY AREA WITH POSSIBLE DOWNED WIRES 
            AND DAMAGED TRANSFORMERS. 

1203 AM     TSTM WND GST     PELL LAKE               42.54N 88.36W
08/08/2019  E60 MPH          WALWORTH           WI   911 CALL CENTER  

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. 

1203 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PELL LAKE               42.54N 88.37W
08/08/2019                   WALWORTH           WI   911 CALL CENTER  

            WALWORTH COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT REPORTS ABOUT 
            20 TREES DOWN ON WIRES IN PELL LAKE. 

1153 PM     TSTM WND GST     LAKE GENEVA             42.59N 88.43W
08/07/2019  E60 MPH          WALWORTH           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER  

            TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 50 IN LAKE GENEVA. 
            POWER OUT THROUGHOUT TOWN. 

1153 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE GENEVA             42.59N 88.43W
08/07/2019                   WALWORTH           WI   911 CALL CENTER  

            WALWORTH COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT REPORTS A ROOF 
            BLOWN OFF OF A BUILDING IN LAKE GENEVA. 

1138 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELKHORN                 42.67N 88.54W
08/07/2019                   WALWORTH           WI   911 CALL CENTER  

            WALWORTH COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS WIND DAMAGE 
            FROM NEAR LA GRANGE, THROUGH ELKHORN, LAKE 
            GENEVA AND GENOA CITY. 

0900 PM     TSTM WND GST     SHEBOYGAN FALLS         43.73N 87.82W
08/07/2019  E50 MPH          SHEBOYGAN          WI   PUBLIC           

            2 MILES SE OF KSBM...NO HAIL. 

0851 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NNW SHEBOYGAN FALLS   43.77N 87.85W
08/07/2019  M47 MPH          SHEBOYGAN          WI   ASOS             



0847 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ENDEAVOR                43.72N 89.47W
08/07/2019                   MARQUETTE          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT  

            TREE BLOWN DOWN...TIME EST FROM RADAR. 

0835 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OXFORD                  43.78N 89.57W
08/07/2019                   MARQUETTE          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT  

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 
            OXFORD. TREE BLOWN DOWN...TIME EST FROM 
            RADAR. 

1220 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW WINTHROP HARBOR    42.50N 87.85W
08/08/2019  E45 MPH          KENOSHA            WI   TRAINED SPOTTER  

            SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND DEBRIS SPREAD IN 
            THE AREA. 

1213 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N TWIN LAKES          42.53N 88.26W
08/08/2019                   KENOSHA            WI   PUBLIC           

            UPROOTED TREE NEAR TWIN LAKES. 

1039 PM     HAIL             JOHNSON CREEK           43.08N 88.78W
08/07/2019  E0.70 INCH       JEFFERSON          WI   PUBLIC           

            EST WIND GUST OF 45 MPH. 

0820 PM     HAIL             2 S BERLIN              43.94N 88.95W
08/07/2019  M1.50 INCH       GREEN LAKE         WI   PUBLIC           



0802 PM     HAIL             2 S BERLIN              43.94N 88.95W
08/07/2019  M1.00 INCH       GREEN LAKE         WI   PUBLIC           



0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     BERLIN                  43.97N 88.95W
08/07/2019  E60 MPH          GREEN LAKE         WI   EMERGENCY MNGR   

            GREEN LAKE COUNTY EM REPORTS AT LEAST 60 MPH 
            WINDS IN BERLIN WITH SECOND CORE. 

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BERLIN                  43.97N 88.94W
08/07/2019                   GREEN LAKE         WI   BROADCAST MEDIA  

            ALUMINUM GARAGE BLOWN OVER...TIME EST FROM 
            RADAR. 

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BERLIN                  43.97N 88.95W
08/07/2019                   GREEN LAKE         WI   EMERGENCY MNGR   

            GREEN LAKE COUNTY EM REPORTS AT LEAST 50 MPH 
            WINDS AND MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN 
            ACROSS TOWN. 

1005 PM     HEAVY RAIN       TAYCHEEDAH              43.81N 88.39W
08/07/2019  M1.73 INCH       FOND DU LAC        WI   CO-OP OBSERVER   

            MAJORITY OF TOTAL FELL WITHIN 2 HOURS. 

0902 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 WSW FOND DU LAC       43.77N 88.49W
08/07/2019  M47 MPH          FOND DU LAC        WI   ASOS             

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT 
            FROM 2 WSW FOND DU LAC. 

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BRANDON                 43.73N 88.78W
08/07/2019                   FOND DU LAC        WI   PUBLIC           

            TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN...TIME EST BY 
            RADAR. 

0833 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RIPON                   43.84N 88.84W
08/07/2019                   FOND DU LAC        WI   PUBLIC           

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND DMG REPORT 
            FROM RIPON. POWER OUT ACROSS RIPON...TIME 
            EST FROM RADAR. 

0830 PM     HAIL             4 NNW RIPON             43.89N 88.88W
08/07/2019  E1.00 INCH       FOND DU LAC        WI   PUBLIC           



0825 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 SW MOUNT CALVARY      43.78N 88.30W
08/07/2019                   FOND DU LAC        WI   PUBLIC           

            RELAYED VIA THE FOND DU LAC SHERIFFS 
            OFFICE...ON HWY 23 EAST OF FOND DU LAC. 

0900 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 ESE SHEBOYGAN         43.75N 87.69W
08/07/2019  M50 MPH          LMZ643             WI   C-MAN STATION

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