Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tsunami impacts continue for portions of the Pacific basin. Wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air in Midwest to Great Lakes. Heat dome spans Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic with excessive heat warnings and advisories. Critical fire weather in Great Basin to Pacific Northwest (dry thunderstorms). Cold front spawns severe storms/heavy rain in Central U.S. today, shifts to East Coast Thursday. Read More >

Very warm temperatures, abundant moisture and a weak trough of low pressure resulted in the development of thunderstorms over northeast Wisconsin Friday afternoon. Those storms then organized and tracked south across southeast Wisconsin during the late afternoon and evening. The PGA Championship being held at Whistling Straights golf course in Sheboygan county sustained damage to many of the event's temporary structures. Many people saw a very angry looking sky as the storms arrived. The leading shelf cloud was impressive. Large hail, strong winds and sporadic tree damage were reported. Given our very dry conditions lately, the rainfall was welcomed across the southeast, but south central areas unfortunately missed out on this round.

Below is the radar loop of the thunderstorm cluster as it began to move into Sheboygan county during the late afternoon, then exited to the south by early to mid evening.

Here are various images that were posted to our Facebook page:

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Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Storms Hit Southeast Wisconsin On Friday, August 14, 2015