Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued August 18 at 7:43PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
August 18, 2026 - 5:43pm
Expires:
August 18, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description:
At 742 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Racine to Yorkville to near Browns Lake to
near Lake Geneva. Movement was southeast 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...
Kenosha, Racine, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant Prairie, Antioch, Elkhorn,
Lake Geneva, Sturtevant, Union Grove, Paddock Lake, Camp Lake,
Winthrop Harbor, Twin Lakes, Spring Grove, Wheatland, Yorkville,
Genoa City, Silver Lake, Richmond, and Wind Point.
This includes the following highways...
U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 322 and 338.
Interstate 43 near mile marker 27.
Interstate 41/94 between mile markers 329 and 349.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southeastern Wisconsin.
Area Description:
Walworth; Racine; Kenosha
Forcast Office:
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov