Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued April 8 at 5:16PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
April 8, 2026 - 3:16pm
Expires:
April 8, 2026 - 4:45pm
Description:
At 515 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from 10 miles east of Fremont to near Poynette to near
Darlington. Movement was northeast at 50 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...
Madison, Janesville, Fond Du Lac, Beloit, Sun Prairie, Fitchburg,
Watertown, Middleton, Beaver Dam, Whitewater, Hartford, Stoughton,
Fort Atkinson, Waunakee, Waupun, Monroe, Verona, Portage, Oregon, and
Jefferson.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90/94 between mile markers 107 and 108.
Interstate 39 between mile markers 85 and 88.
Interstate 39/90/94 between mile markers 109 and 110, and between
mile markers 112 and 137.
U.S. Highway 18 between mile markers 62 and 84.
U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 249 and 273.
U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 98 and 163, and between mile
markers 165 and 169.
Interstate 39/90 between mile markers 138 and 187.
Interstate 94 between mile markers 241 and 278.
Wisconsin Highway 26 between mile markers 6 and 53.
Interstate 43 between mile markers 0 and 11.
Interstate 41 between mile markers 81 and 109.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
Marquette; Green Lake; Fond Du Lac; Columbia; Dodge; Dane; Jefferson; Green; Rock
Forcast Office:
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Sender: