Strong Thunderstorms & Microburst in Southeastern Wisconsin - High Winds, Hail, Structure - 5/31/23

Thunderstorms formed over southeastern Wisconsin on the afternoon of May 31st, 2023. With little to no wind shear to work with, the storms barely moved over the course of their lifetime, and were generally sub-severe. However, due to a dry and well mixed boundary layer, a few storms were able to produce microbursts, which did cause some tree damage.
It was one of the driest Mays on record across the region, with hardly any rain and no storms at all up until the last day of the month. Hopefully things start getting more active soon, as drought conditions are beginning to intensify across the majority of the Midwest.
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[@jeffrotar4193]

Hello from Madison Wisconsin 🥃

[@MidwestStormChasing]

Hello! Thanks for watching!

[@Jay-n262]

We had one of those in west Michigan yesterday and we needed it.

[@MidwestStormChasing]

We definitely need it around here as well!

[@rektspresso7288]

I've lived in southern WI my whole life and I appreciate the content! I do storm chasing/spotting and photography too and it's nice to see others appreciating the weather we get here since it's not really a storm chasing hotspot per se

[@MidwestStormChasing]

Thanks for the kind words! Yeah, I used to search for videos of Wisconsin storms/tornadoes, and was always disappointed by the lack of footage out there. I have definitely seen some pretty epic storms here since I started chasing though!

[@rektspresso7288]

@@MidwestStormChasing You've definitely contributed a ton so thank you. This is the first year I've personally started driving longer distances throughout the region for chasing and it seems like things are never going to pick back up here. I had a few near-misses on tornadoes in Iowa and Wisconsin on 3/31, then Illinois on 4/4 all from miscalculating route/timing for intercepting. But I hope to be able to add to the available content soon as well. Let me know if you ever want to team up lol

[@Domino442]

Good video

[@user-bm2io4gk7j]

А у нас жара 35. В Новосибирской области уже неделю стоит.

[@MidwestStormChasing]

Вау, надеюсь, вы скоро почувствуете облегчение от жары!

[@stuartriley]

Beautiful video captures! The Northern Planes seem to have caught a lot of the wild weather this season. I hope it is not a trend to keep happening regularly. Great video, and thanks for sharing.

[@MidwestStormChasing]

Thank you very much Stuart! It's likely got to do with the rapid switch from La Niña to El Niño over the last few months, really caused the high plains to come alive this year. Sad that I couldn't get out there to chase!

[@analogman9697]

This looks normal. The stuff going on in Europe and Asia looks manufactured.

[@Yocole5]

I had no idea Wisconsin got severe events! It would be dope if you could post some high density/cloud to ground lightning we get a lot of that in Arkansas but with all the trees you can’t see half the distance you could in this opening 🤬so I can’t ever catch it on my iPhone

[@rektspresso7288]

Wisconsin gets a decent amount of severe weather but there's a lack of good documentation (this channel being a strong exception.) There are some good relatively flat or widely spaced hilly areas for observation, but also some dense forest areas like you see in the southeast. We're in the midst of a borderline drought in WI so there haven't been many opportunities for chasing, but July/August are when we get some of our most prolific outbreaks