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NOUS43 KMKX 231925
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
225 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
...PRECIPITATION AT MILWAUKEE AND MADISON IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR...
...MADISON HAS ALREADY ECLIPSED ITS AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION...
JUST OVER THE MIDPOINT OF THE YEAR...MILWAUKEE AND MADISON BOTH HAVE
PRECIPITATION TOTALS THAT ARE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. AS A RESULT...THE TWO
STATIONS HAVE YEAR TO DATE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS THAT ARE NEARING THE
VALUES ON THE TOP TEN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION LISTS.
AT MILWAUKEE...THERE HAS BEEN 31.31 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION SINCE
JANUARY 1ST. THIS IS 12.32 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE THROUGH
JULY 22ND - /18.99 INCHES/. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION IS
34.80 INCHES.
THIS MEANS THAT MILWAUKEE IS ONLY 7.84 INCHES SHY OF REACHING THE
10TH HIGHEST ANNUAL PRECIPITATION TOTAL IN ITS PERIOD OF RECORD.
MILWAUKEE AVERAGES 18.31 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FROM JULY THROUGH
DECEMBER. BELOW IS A LISTING OF THE TOP TEN YEARLY PRECIPITATION
TOTALS IN MILWAUKEE.
...RANK... ...AMOUNT... ...YEAR...
01 50.36 1876
02 46.15 1877
03 44.37 2000
04 42.17 1986
05 41.86 1938
06 40.86 1990
07 40.74 1978
08 40.71 1960
09 39.35 1991
10 39.14 1987
AT MADISON...THERE HAS BEEN 33.43 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION SINCE
JANUARY 1ST. THIS IS 15.21 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE THROUGH
JULY 22ND - /18.22 INCHES/. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION IS
32.92 INCHES.
THIS MEANS THAT MADISON HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED THE AVERAGE ANNUAL
PRECIPITATION AMOUNT...AND THAT 2008 WILL GO DOWN AS A YEAR WITH
ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IN MADISON.
THIS ALSO MEANS THAT MADISON IS ONLY 6.80 INCHES SHY OF REACHING THE
10TH HIGHEST ANNUAL PRECIPITATION TOTAL IN ITS PERIOD OF RECORD.
MADISON AVERAGES 17.44 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FROM JULY THROUGH
DECEMBER. BELOW IS A LISTING OF THE TOP TEN YEARLY PRECIPITATION
TOTALS IN MADISON.
...RANK... ...AMOUNT... ...YEAR...
01 52.91 1881
02 49.19 1884
03 46.72 1880
04 44.41 2007
05 43.34 1993
06 42.89 1882
07 41.70 1883
08 40.58 1885
09 40.34 1959
10 40.22 1950
IF ANY RANKINGS ON THE TOP TEN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION LISTS FOR
MILWAUKEE OR MADISON ARE ACHIEVED...THIS INFORMATION WILL BE
UPDATED. LOOK FOR IT TO BE UPDATED AS WELL IF MILWAUKEE ECLIPSES ITS
AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNT.
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LAMERS
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NWUS53 KARX 221228
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
728 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0929 PM HAIL 2 W GREENWOOD 44.77N 90.64W
07/20/2008 E0.75 INCH CLARK WI EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL FELL AT HOME OF COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT DISPATCHER.
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