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Severe Thunderstorms in the Central and Southern Plains; Flooding Potential in the Pacific Northwest, Kansas, and Florida

Severe thunderstorms are possible in portions of the central and southern Plains, and there is potential for flooding across Kansas. In the Pacific Northwest and northern California, there is potential for isolated flash flooding from thunderstorms near burn scars and sensitive terrain. Showers and heavy rain will persist in the Florida Peninsula through midweek. Read More >

Overview

Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted southern Wisconsin from the afternoon of July 13 through the evening of July 15. Occurring within a warm, muggy, and unstable air mass in place across the region, these rounds of storms brought large hail, damaging winds, as well as torrential rainfall to portions of the NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan county warning area. This overview provides a brief recap of the active period of weather. A deeper dive on the event will be provided in a future GIS story map.

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Observed rainfall between 7:00 AM July 13 and 7:00 AM July 16.
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