Ozaukee County Emergency Management & Local Emergency Planning Committee

Ozaukee County Emergency Management and

Local Emergency Planning Committee

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Weather Events Affecting Ozaukee County:

August 22, 1964 An F4 tornado struck Port Washington (Ozaukee County). Path length was 2mi, path width 50yds. 30 people were injured. $2.5M in property damage was reported.

June 14, 1991 Severe thunderstorms dropped hail up to 2.75" in diameter in Fond du Lac County, and up to 2.0" in Ozaukee County.

January 27, 1996 Melting snow and light rain caused minor lowland flooding in Ozaukee County. The Milwaukee River at Cedarburg crested 0.12 feet above flood stage.

February 27, 1996 Melting snow and light rain caused minor lowland flooding in Ozaukee County. The Milwaukee River at Cedarburg crested 0.12 feet above flood stage.

July 18, 1996 An F1 tornado touched down NW of Fredonia (Ozaukee Co), and destroyed or damaged 6 homes, 5 barns and 6 machine sheds, and 2 garages.

May 13, 1998 Lightning struck an apartment building in Sussex (Washington Co.) and started a damaging fire. Lightning also damaged a steeple in Port Washington (Ozaukee Co.).

May 17, 2000 Training thunderstorm echoes led to flash flooding. Watertown (Jefferson Co.) had 2.52" of rain in 1.5 hours, Grafton (Ozaukee Co.) had 1.75" in one hour.

October 11, 2002 Dense fog across Sheboygan and Ozaukee Co reduced visibilities to 0 to1/4 SM. 50 auto accidents were reported. 11 were killed, 41 injured.

December 16, 2003 Red, clay based dirt was deposited by rain on vehicles in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Waukesha Counties. The dirt originated from WC Texas and E New Mexico.

Weather-Related Links

National Weather Service - Sullivan	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx
Milwaukee River Gauge @ Waubeka	http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=mkx&gage=wauw3&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
Cedar Creek River Gauge @ Hwy 60	http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=mkx&gage=cdrw3&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
Milwaukee River Gauge @ CTH C	http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=mkx&gage=cedw3&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
Cedar Creek River Gauge @ Hwy 60	http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wi/nwis/dv/?site_no=04086500
Milwaukee River Gauge @ CTH C	http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wi/nwis/dv/?site_no=04086600
Tornado Outbreaks in the US	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/climate/torout.php
Costliest Tornadoes in WI	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/tocost.php
Deadliest Tornadoes in WI	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/tordeaths.php
Jet Stream – An online school for weather	www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream
EPA’s “Air Now” (quality of air)	http://cfpub/epa/gov/airnow/index.cfm?action=airnow.main
Rivers & Flooding	www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2.index.php?wfo+mkx
Weather Awareness Activities	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/?n=awarenessweek
Documented Extreme Wx Events	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx?n=documented_storms
Storm Spotters & Storm Data	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx?n=spotters
Winter Weather	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx?n=winter_page
Weather Education & Preparedness	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/edu.php
NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/nwr.php
Weather Publications/Brochures	www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures.shtml
Sam the Disaster Horse Coloring Books	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/awareness/coloring books.php
A Century of WI weather in review	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/wiwx.php
Weather Education	www.education.noaa.gov
Online Meteorological Guides	http://ww2010.atmos.usuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml
Nat’l Severe Storms Laboratory – Education	http://nssl.noaa.gov/edu
WI Severe Weather Stats	www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx?n=wi_severe_weather_climatology

Questions or problems regarding this web site should be directed to mfitzgerald@co.ozaukee.wi.us

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