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Overview

A strong thunderstorm developed in northwest Waukesha County Friday evening around 5:30 pm and kept back-building over the Oconomowoc area. The storm dropped accumulating hail, with some hail stones as large as golf balls! Hail fell for 20 to 30 minutes. The area received 2.5 inches of rain within a two-hour period of time. Localized street flooding was observed, mainly due to hail clogging storm drains.

The hail damage area is generally between Concord Road on the west, Highway 67 on the east, just north of Lac La Belle for the northern edge, and I-94 for the southern boundary. There were numerous reports of hail damage across the city, with a high concentration along Silver Lake Street. The leaves were stripped from mature trees over a widespread area and the damage was substantial in a few spots. There were sporadic reports of back windows blown out of cars. There was damage to roofs, siding, and screens on houses, with the north and east sides of the structures hardest hit. Many gardens were destroyed.

As of 11 am the following morning, people were still shoveling piles of hail from their doorsteps and a golf course was still covered in hail.

Radar Reflectivity Animation 5:30 pm to 7 pm CDT. The image is centered over Jefferson and Waukesha Counties in south central Wisconsin. The east-west red line across the center of the image is I-94 for reference. Oconomowoc is in northwest Waukesha County.

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Photo Credit: Jesse Gunkel	Photo Credit: Steve Hentz	Photo Credit: Megan Hess	Photo Credit: Megan Hess


Photo Credit: Charlie Bourdo	Photo Credit: Ivan Thompson	Photo Credit: Matt Laine	Photo Credit: AJ Waterman


Photo Credit: Christina Winters (from Brooke Brighton)	Photo Credit: Michael Tamas (in Jackson)	Photo Credit: AJ Waterman (Damage to Moon Roof)	Photo Credit: Nikki Warne (from Blaise Keller)

Storm Reports

LSRs:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
933 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2022

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

0548 PM     HAIL             2 S LAC LA BELLE        43.12N 88.53W
06/10/2022  U1.00 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   PUBLIC

0600 PM     HEAVY RAIN       OCONOMOWOC              43.11N 88.49W
06/10/2022  E2.50 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HEAVY RAIN AND ACCUMULATED HAIL THAT CLOGGED
            STORM SEWERS, LED TO STREET FLOODING IN THE
            CITY AND TOWN OF OCONOMOWOC. THE DEPARTMENT
            OF PUBLIC WORKS RESPONDED TO CLEAR THE
            CLOGGED STORM SEWERS.

0632 PM     HAIL             1 NE LAC LA BELLE       43.16N 88.51W
06/10/2022  M0.88 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   PUBLIC

0606 PM     HAIL             1 NNW OCONOMOWOC LAKE   43.11N 88.46W
06/10/2022  U1.50 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.).

0607 PM     HAIL             OCONOMOWOC              43.11N 88.50W
06/10/2022  M1.75 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   NWS EMPLOYEE

0603 PM     HAIL             OCONOMOWOC              43.11N 88.50W
06/10/2022  M0.88 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   PUBLIC

0557 PM     HAIL             1 W OCONOMOWOC          43.10N 88.53W
06/10/2022  U1.25 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.).

0556 PM     HAIL             2 WSW OCONOMOWOC        43.10N 88.53W
06/10/2022  U1.25 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.).

0553 PM     HAIL             2 WSW OCONOMOWOC        43.10N 88.53W
06/10/2022  U1.25 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.).

0553 PM     HAIL             OCONOMOWOC              43.11N 88.50W
06/10/2022  M1.75 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0542 PM     HAIL             1 N OCONOMOWOC          43.12N 88.50W
06/10/2022  M1.00 INCH       WAUKESHA           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0524 PM     HAIL             1 WNW GLENDALE          43.14N 87.94W
06/10/2022  U0.75 INCH       MILWAUKEE          WI   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).

0514 PM     HAIL             2 SSW BROWN DEER        43.15N 87.98W
06/10/2022  U0.75 INCH       MILWAUKEE          WI   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).

0428 PM     HAIL             3 SE JACKSON            43.29N 88.12W
06/10/2022  M0.75 INCH       WASHINGTON         WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0507 PM     HAIL             1 E BROWN DEER          43.18N 87.96W
06/10/2022  U0.50 INCH       MILWAUKEE          WI   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).

Summary:

MKX 2022-06-10 5:14 PM Milwaukee 2 SSW Brown Deer WI HAIL 0.75

MKX 2022-06-10 5:24 PM Milwaukee 1 WNW Glendale WI HAIL 0.75

MKX 2022-06-10 5:42 PM Waukesha 1 N Oconomowoc WI HAIL 1

MKX 2022-06-10 5:48 PM Waukesha 2 S Lac La Belle WI HAIL 1

MKX 2022-06-10 5:53 PM Waukesha 2 WSW Oconomowoc WI HAIL 1.25

MKX 2022-06-10 5:53 PM Waukesha Oconomowoc WI HAIL 1.75

MKX 2022-06-10 5:56 PM Waukesha 2 WSW Oconomowoc WI HAIL 1.25

MKX 2022-06-10 5:57 PM Waukesha 1 W Oconomowoc WI HAIL 1.25

MKX 2022-06-10 6:00 PM Waukesha Oconomowoc WI HEAVY RAIN 2.5

MKX 2022-06-10 6:03 PM Waukesha Oconomowoc WI HAIL 0.88

MKX 2022-06-10 6:06 PM Waukesha 1 NNW Oconomowoc Lake WI HAIL 1.5