Wisconsin storm reports for July 28, 2021

Name: NOAA storm reports, Wisconsin, July 28, 2021
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 56 wind reports and 17 tornado reports in Wisconsin on July 28, 2021.

in Wisconsin; 78
Storm reports: About 37 miles from Minneapolis, MN; 1.5 in
Largest hail: About 25 miles from Appleton, WI; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 45.14, -89.60, WI; 17
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on July 28, 2021 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail5, most at 8 PM

Wind56, most at 9 PM

Tornado17, most at 1 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:40 PM	EF1	Near 45.14, -89.60, WI	2.7 mi long, 300 yd wide
9:18 PM	EF0	Near 44.78, -89.45, WI	0.22 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:48 PM	EF1	About 39 miles from Minneapolis, MN	5.66 mi long, 100 yd wide
11:06 PM	EF0	About 30 miles from Appleton, WI	0.47 mi long, 33 yd wide
12:10 AM	EF1	About 28 miles from Madison, WI	2.25 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:41 AM	EF0	About 27 miles from Madison, WI	0.43 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:41 AM	EF0	About 14 miles from Madison, WI	4.78 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:41 AM	EF1	About 10 miles from Madison, WI	2.76 mi long, 250 yd wide
12:47 AM	EF1	About 8 miles from Madison, WI	2.44 mi long, 125 yd wide
12:48 AM	EF0	About 7 miles from Madison, WI	3.52 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:05 AM	EF0	About 32 miles from Madison, WI	5.95 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:07 AM	EF0	About 35 miles from Madison, WI	3.6 mi long, 25 yd wide

Show all 17 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
1:07 AM	EF1	About 36 miles from Milwaukee, WI	7.69 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:23 AM	EF1	About 29 miles from Milwaukee, WI	4.67 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:26 AM	EF1	About 27 miles from Milwaukee, WI	1.03 mi long, 75 yd wide
1:32 AM	EF0	About 19 miles from Milwaukee, WI	2.44 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:38 AM	EF1	About 18 miles from Milwaukee, WI	0.88 mi long, 95 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:30 PM	0.75 in	About 38 miles from Minneapolis, MN
8:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.51, -91.74, WI
8:35 PM	1.25 in	Near 45.50, -91.76, WI
9:55 PM	1.5 in	About 37 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:56 PM	0.75 in	About 36 miles from Minneapolis, MN

Time	Gust	Where
7:25 PM	60 mph	Near 45.88, -90.08, WI
7:41 PM	60 mph	Near 45.86, -91.99, WI
7:44 PM	60 mph	Near 45.84, -91.93, WI
7:45 PM	63 mph	Near 45.79, -92.02, WI
8:07 PM	64 mph	Near 45.46, -89.73, WI
8:15 PM	64 mph	Near 45.59, -91.93, WI
8:20 PM	70 mph	Near 45.29, -89.66, WI
8:20 PM	64 mph	Near 45.46, -91.28, WI
8:23 PM	70 mph	Near 45.34, -89.66, WI
8:39 PM	70 mph	Near 45.18, -89.68, WI
8:42 PM	70 mph	Near 45.13, -89.58, WI
8:50 PM	70 mph	Near 45.07, -89.57, WI

Show all 56 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
9:00 PM	64 mph	Near 44.91, -89.68, WI
9:00 PM	63 mph	Near 44.96, -89.63, WI
9:00 PM	60 mph	Near 45.36, -91.72, WI
9:05 PM	70 mph	Near 44.96, -89.63, WI
9:12 PM	70 mph	Near 44.89, -89.34, WI
9:15 PM	64 mph	About 48 miles from Appleton, WI
9:15 PM	70 mph	Near 44.88, -89.33, WI
9:21 PM	64 mph	About 40 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:36 PM	64 mph	Near 44.83, -91.03, WI
9:46 PM	75 mph	About 43 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:50 PM	70 mph	About 48 miles from Appleton, WI
9:50 PM	70 mph	About 39 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:50 PM	64 mph	About 58 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:51 PM	60 mph	Near 44.87, -90.80, WI
9:53 PM	64 mph	About 41 miles from Appleton, WI
9:55 PM	70 mph	About 45 miles from Appleton, WI
10:05 PM	52 mph	Near 44.56, -90.59, WI
10:05 PM	64 mph	Near 44.60, -90.97, WI
10:14 PM	70 mph	About 39 miles from Appleton, WI
10:15 PM	70 mph	About 50 miles from Minneapolis, MN
10:17 PM	70 mph	About 36 miles from Minneapolis, MN
10:17 PM	70 mph	About 36 miles from Appleton, WI
10:17 PM	64 mph	About 36 miles from Appleton, WI
10:18 PM	60 mph	Near 44.82, -91.50, WI
10:20 PM	70 mph	About 59 miles from Rochester, MN
10:35 PM	70 mph	About 49 miles from Rochester, MN
10:35 PM	60 mph	Near 44.65, -91.24, WI
10:38 PM	52 mph	Near 44.58, -91.21, WI
10:50 PM	49 mph	About 37 miles from Rochester, MN
11:07 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Rochester, MN
11:14 PM	64 mph	About 30 miles from Appleton, WI
11:25 PM	81 mph	About 25 miles from Appleton, WI
11:25 PM	81 mph	About 25 miles from Appleton, WI
11:27 PM	72 mph	About 25 miles from Appleton, WI
11:27 PM	81 mph	About 25 miles from Appleton, WI
11:30 PM	81 mph	About 30 miles from Appleton, WI
11:37 PM	75 mph	About 36 miles from Appleton, WI
12:02 AM	64 mph	About 41 miles from Madison, WI
12:32 AM	70 mph	About 42 miles from Madison, WI
12:45 AM	68 mph	About 39 miles from Madison, WI
1:11 AM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Madison, WI
1:34 AM	64 mph	About 14 miles from Milwaukee, WI
1:40 AM	70 mph	About 23 miles from Milwaukee, WI
1:41 AM	68 mph	About 28 miles from Rockford, IL

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Madison, WI	None	None	4
Milwaukee, WI	None	64 mph	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.