⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Milwaukee, WI; Racine, WI; Waukesha, WI – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 6:54PM CDT until August 18 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

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The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southern Milwaukee County in southeastern Wisconsin…
Racine County in southeastern Wisconsin…
Southeastern Waukesha County in southeastern Wisconsin…

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 654 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Milwaukee to West Allis to near New Berlin to North
Prairie, moving southeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Milwaukee, Racine, West Allis, New Berlin, Greenfield, Oak Creek,
Mount Pleasant, Muskego, South Milwaukee, Cudahy, Greendale, St.
Francis, Hales Corners, Mukwonago, Sturtevant, Union Grove, West
Milwaukee, Franklin, Wind Lake, and Raymond.

People attending Mount Pleasant Sounds at Sunset should seek safe
shelter immediately!

Other landmarks included are the following Locations Boerner
Botanical Gardens, General Mitchell International Airport, and Fiserv
Forum.

Instructions

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.