Overview
On a day where we were expecting a quiet day weather-wise, we ended up with two interesting weather phenomenon occurring. The first was a funnel cloud near Sun Prairie around 10:45am from a shower that did not show much, if any, rotation. In the afternoon, storms developed along the lake breeze near Lake Michigan with some localized wind damage from a microburst near West Allis, Greenfield and Greendale.Photos & Video:
Funnel Cloud and Microburst
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Funnel Cloud Picture and Radar (Scott Wagner, NWS) |
Funnel Cloud-Sun Prairie (Scott Wagner) |
Funnel Cloud-Sun Prairie (Sara Cooper Wulf) |
Funnel Cloud-Sun Prairie (Garrett Latsch) |
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Funnel Cloud Picture and Radar (Andrew Muehr) |
Wind Damage-Greendale (Andrew Muehr) |
Wind Damage-West Allis (Andew Muehr) |
Wind Damage-West Allis (source) |
Rain Reports
...Columbia County... Arlington 1.18 in 0818 AM 07/30 43.34N/89.39W 1 E Lake Wisconsin 0.68 in 0818 AM 07/30 43.38N/89.55W Lodi 0.52 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.32N/89.53W 2 E Lake Wisconsin 0.18 in 0816 AM 07/30 43.37N/89.52W 5 WSW Portage 0.04 in 0600 AM 07/30 43.51N/89.57W ...Dane County... Sun Prairie 0.08 in 0645 AM 07/30 43.19N/89.22W Madison-Dane County Airport 0.06 in 0653 AM 07/30 43.14N/89.34W 1 WNW Middleton 0.06 in 0655 AM 07/30 43.11N/89.53W 1 SSW Sun Prairie 0.06 in 0655 AM 07/30 43.17N/89.24W Waunakee 0.05 in 0646 AM 07/30 43.19N/89.46W Sun Prairie 0.04 in 0815 AM 07/30 43.19N/89.22W 1 SSW Sun Prairie 0.03 in 0815 AM 07/30 43.17N/89.24W 4 SW Black Earth 0.01 in 0819 AM 07/30 43.08N/89.78W ...Dodge County... Horicon-WWTP 0.61 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.45N/88.63W Dodge County Apt 0.49 in 0655 AM 07/30 43.43N/88.70W Beaver Dam 0.25 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.45N/88.85W Beaver Dam 0.22 in 0819 AM 07/30 43.45N/88.83W 3 NW Kekoskee 0.20 in 0728 AM 07/30 43.57N/88.61W 1 SW Beaver Dam 0.19 in 0800 AM 07/30 43.45N/88.85W ...Fond du Lac County... 1 NNW Fond Du Lac 0.86 in 0600 AM 07/30 43.80N/88.46W Fond Du Lac Airport 0.24 in 0653 AM 07/30 43.77N/88.49W Taycheedah 0.03 in 0630 AM 07/30 43.83N/88.35W ...Green County... 2 SE Monticello 0.89 in 0700 AM 07/30 42.72N/89.56W ...Green Lake County... 3 ESE Princeton 0.02 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.82N/89.08W 1 S Berlin 0.01 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.95N/88.95W ...Jefferson County... Waterloo 0.02 in 0653 AM 07/30 43.19N/88.98W ...Kenosha County... 2 WSW Kenosha 0.03 in 0700 AM 07/30 42.56N/87.86W Pleasant Prairie 0.02 in 0700 AM 07/30 42.56N/87.94W Twin Lakes 0.01 in 0800 AM 07/30 42.54N/88.24W Kenosha-Airport 0.01 in 0653 AM 07/30 42.60N/87.93W 1 NW Kenosha 0.01 in 0818 AM 07/30 42.60N/87.83W ...Lafayette County... Benton 0.26 in 0630 AM 07/30 42.57N/90.39W Darlington 0.15 in 0715 AM 07/30 42.68N/90.12W 2 NW Council Hill 0.09 in 0730 AM 07/30 42.51N/90.38W 4 NNW South Wayne 0.01 in 0730 AM 07/30 42.63N/89.90W ...Milwaukee County... Milwaukee-Timmerman Arpt 1.10 in 0716 AM 07/30 43.11N/88.03W 3 WSW Glendale 0.80 in 0500 AM 07/30 43.11N/87.99W Mt. Mary College 0.39 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.07N/88.03W Brown Deer 0.10 in 0815 AM 07/30 43.18N/87.98W Sw-whitnal Park 0.08 in 0715 AM 07/30 42.92N/88.03W ...Ozaukee County... 3 WSW Cedarburg 0.10 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.28N/88.06W Newburg 0.03 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.43N/88.04W ...Rock County... Beloit 0.93 in 0700 AM 07/30 42.50N/89.03W Orfordville 0.79 in 0700 AM 07/30 42.63N/89.26W Afton-Rock River 0.15 in 0700 AM 07/30 42.62N/89.07W Argyle 0.10 in 0711 AM 07/30 42.70N/89.02W 2 NNW Clinton 0.08 in 0750 AM 07/30 42.60N/88.88W 3 S Edgerton 0.02 in 0817 AM 07/30 42.79N/89.07W ...Sauk County... Lone Rock-Airport 0.52 in 0656 AM 07/30 43.21N/90.19W 2 WSW Rock Springs 0.07 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.46N/89.97W 1 NE Baraboo 0.06 in 0812 AM 07/30 43.49N/89.72W Reedsburg 0.05 in 0800 AM 07/30 43.52N/90.00W Reedsburg-Airport 0.02 in 0655 AM 07/30 43.53N/89.98W ...Sheboygan County... 3 NNE Kohler 0.08 in 0803 AM 07/30 43.78N/87.77W Random Lake 0.02 in 0610 AM 07/30 43.55N/87.95W Sheboygan-Airport 0.01 in 0653 AM 07/30 43.77N/87.85W ...Walworth County... Genoa City 0.01 in 0818 AM 07/30 42.50N/88.32W ...Washington County... 3 SSW Richrield 0.17 in 0600 AM 07/30 43.21N/88.21W Slinger 0.12 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.33N/88.30W Jackson-CoCoRaHS 0.08 in 0600 AM 07/30 43.32N/88.17W Jackson-COOP 0.08 in 0600 AM 07/30 43.32N/88.17W Jackson 0.08 in 0815 AM 07/30 43.32N/88.17W 4 WNW West Bend 0.01 in 0805 AM 07/30 43.45N/88.26W ...Waukesha County... Oconomowoc 0.31 in 0700 AM 07/30 43.10N/88.50W Merton 1.5n 0.21 in 0632 AM 07/30 43.17N/88.30W ...Maritime Stations... Racine 0.05 in 0800 AM 07/30 42.70N/87.77W
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