Tuesday night brought thunder, lightning and hail to Dane County residents, with sirens and text alerts warning of tornado threats and baseball sized hail
After two days of severe weather that included tornadoes and huge hail, southern Wisconsin could see more severe thunderstorms Wednesday and Friday in the afternoon and evening, according to forecasters.
Cars with shattered back windshields sit in a parking lot at the Dane County Regional Airport on Wednesday. Hail as large as 4 inches in diameter caused widespread damage in the Madison area Tuesday evening.
Tuesday’s hailstorm shattered Madison resident Asias Sky Johnson’s rear windshield. “It looked like someone had taken a golf club to it,” said Johnson, who was working at the Willy Street Co-op on Madison’s North Side when the storm hit.
The second major storm to hit southern Wisconsin in less than 24 hours Tuesday brought damaging hail, with some about the size of tennis balls. Have images you'd like to share? You can submit them here.
A piece of hail that fell Tuesday on Madison’s Far West Side is held next to a golf ball.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
Mason Reck cleans the backseat of his car with a vacuum after hail smashed the back window.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Cars covered in tarps line North Few Street on Wednesday after storms Tuesday evening caused significant hail damage.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Mason Reck cleans glass from his car’s dashboard after hail damaged the front windshield and shattered the back windshield.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Cars with shattered back windshields sit in a parking lot at the Dane County Regional Airport on Wednesday. Hail as large as 4 inches in diameter caused widespread damage in the Madison area Tuesday evening.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Mason Reck points to a hole in his car’s rear side window from Tuesday’s hailstorm.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Tuesday’s hailstorm shattered Madison resident Asias Sky Johnson’s rear windshield. “It looked like someone had taken a golf club to it,” said Johnson, who was working at the Willy Street Co-op on Madison’s North Side when the storm hit.
