Alex Lamers
EF4
Well I had the opportunity for a brief local chase here just on a severe thunderstorm though. At about 5:50 pm I realized that a severe storm in Southeast Dodge County would push southeast into Waukesha County and there would be a good chance I could get to it while it was still severe. So, I hopped in the car quickly so I could intercept, leaving the camera behind because the thing was massive and I was expecting to punch into it anyways (turns out there wasn't much to photograph anyways).
I quickly hopped on I-94 and headed west getting out to the first Waukesha exits around 6:10 pm. Well in the distance loomed very dark skies and nice vivid CG lighting up the horizon. I caught up to the storm as I approached the Highway 83 exit in Delafield. I got off here because the winds really picked up as the front edge of the storm pushed through and the downpours started. If I would have kept going west I would have picked up some hail. Nevertheless I had gusts 40-50 mph with a couple up to around 60 mph. I initially sat in a parking lot for a couple of minutes while I got buffeted by winds and the sheets of rain. Ponding of water occurred real quick, there were some areas where when you drove through it was halfway up the tire. I decided to head west further on Milwaukee Street which heads over to the city of Delafield and past Nagawicka Lake. As I got to the lake, I looked to my right and there were pretty big waves on the lake for it being an inland lake...some whitecapping. All along Milwaukee Street from 83 to Delafield there were a lot of small branches down with the winds still gusting. The biggest one I could find was a big limb probably 4-5 inches in diameter and 10-15 feet in length that blew down on the other side of the road on the south side of Nagawicka Lake. By the time I got to Delafield the winds had subsided but it was still raining really hard. So I headed back and confirmed my observations on the damage. Then I headed back home.
I quickly hopped on I-94 and headed west getting out to the first Waukesha exits around 6:10 pm. Well in the distance loomed very dark skies and nice vivid CG lighting up the horizon. I caught up to the storm as I approached the Highway 83 exit in Delafield. I got off here because the winds really picked up as the front edge of the storm pushed through and the downpours started. If I would have kept going west I would have picked up some hail. Nevertheless I had gusts 40-50 mph with a couple up to around 60 mph. I initially sat in a parking lot for a couple of minutes while I got buffeted by winds and the sheets of rain. Ponding of water occurred real quick, there were some areas where when you drove through it was halfway up the tire. I decided to head west further on Milwaukee Street which heads over to the city of Delafield and past Nagawicka Lake. As I got to the lake, I looked to my right and there were pretty big waves on the lake for it being an inland lake...some whitecapping. All along Milwaukee Street from 83 to Delafield there were a lot of small branches down with the winds still gusting. The biggest one I could find was a big limb probably 4-5 inches in diameter and 10-15 feet in length that blew down on the other side of the road on the south side of Nagawicka Lake. By the time I got to Delafield the winds had subsided but it was still raining really hard. So I headed back and confirmed my observations on the damage. Then I headed back home.
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