⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Columbia – Thursday, July 9, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 9 at 8:50PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 849 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Poynette, or 7 miles south of Portage, moving southeast at 20 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…
Portage, Lake Wisconsin, Poynette, Rio, Arlington, Wyocena, Otsego,
Doylestown, and Interstate 90/94 Interchange.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 90/94 between mile markers 106 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 123.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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