Wisconsin Moderate Special Weather Statement | Effective 07/08/2026 19:14

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued July 8 at 9:14PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
July 8, 2026 - 7:14pm
Expires: 
July 8, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description: 
At 914 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of Mayville to near Beaver Dam to near Fall River to Poynette to near Lodi. Movement was east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Eastern Madison, West Bend, Sun Prairie, Beaver Dam, Hartford, Waunakee, Windsor, Mayville, Columbus, Kewaskum, Prairie Du Sac, Marshall, Horicon, Sauk City, Juneau, Lake Wisconsin, Deforest, Lodi, Poynette, and Fall River. This includes the following highways... Interstate 39/90/94 between mile markers 114 and 136. U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 98 and 139. Interstate 94 between mile markers 243 and 245. Wisconsin Highway 26 between mile markers 47 and 53. Interstate 41 between mile markers 69 and 82. U.S. Highway 45 near mile marker 73.
Instruction: 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central, southeastern and east central Wisconsin.
Area Description: 
Columbia; Dodge; Washington; Dane
Forcast Office: 
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov