Wisconsin storm reports for August 16, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Wisconsin, August 16, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 17 hail reports and 15 wind reports in Wisconsin on August 16, 2025.

in Wisconsin; 32
Storm reports: About 42 miles from Rockford, IL; 2.0 in
Largest hail: About 41 miles from Madison, WI; 64 mph
Highest gust: 0
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on August 16, 2025 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail17, most at 2 PM

Wind15, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Size	Where
1:12 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Madison, WI
1:51 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Madison, WI
2:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.00, -90.40, WI
2:20 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Rockford, IL
2:20 PM	1.5 in	About 30 miles from Rockford, IL
2:21 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Rockford, IL
2:22 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Rockford, IL
2:25 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Rockford, IL
2:34 PM	1.75 in	Near 43.88, -90.18, WI
2:40 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Rockford, IL
2:40 PM	1.5 in	About 24 miles from Rockford, IL
3:07 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Madison, WI

Show all 17 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
3:16 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Madison, WI
3:40 PM	0.75 in	About 41 miles from Madison, WI
6:48 PM	0.88 in	About 42 miles from Appleton, WI
7:24 PM	2.0 in	About 42 miles from Rockford, IL
9:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.78, -90.68, WI

Time	Gust	Where
11:37 AM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Appleton, WI
12:05 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Appleton, WI
2:09 PM	58 mph	Near 44.07, -90.29, WI
2:20 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Rockford, IL
2:20 PM	58 mph	Near 43.98, -90.31, WI
3:00 PM	58 mph	About 50 miles from Madison, WI
3:07 PM	59 mph	About 59 miles from Madison, WI
3:24 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Madison, WI
3:33 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Madison, WI
3:33 PM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Madison, WI
3:38 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Madison, WI
3:50 PM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Madison, WI
3:52 PM	64 mph	About 41 miles from Madison, WI
4:00 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Madison, WI
4:06 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Madison, WI

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	1.0 in	None	0

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