Wisconsin Moderate Special Weather Statement | Effective 08/18/2026 12:44

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued August 18 at 2:44PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
August 18, 2026 - 12:44pm
Expires: 
August 18, 2026 - 1:45pm
Description: 
At 244 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Fall River, or over Columbus, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Watertown, Beaver Dam, Mayville, Columbus, Horicon, Juneau, Fall River, Hustisford, Iron Ridge, Burnett, Ashippun, Lebanon, Woodland, Reeseville, Neosho, Richwood, Clyman, Lowell, Kekoskee, and Danville. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 113 and 135. Wisconsin Highway 26 between mile markers 44 and 53.
Instruction: 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description: 
Columbia; Dodge
Forcast Office: 
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov