| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Fond Du Lac; Sheboygan; Dodge; Washington; Ozaukee |
| Effective | 7/8/2026, 9:52:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/8/2026, 10:45:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued July 8 at 9:52PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Details
At 952 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Southern Lake Winnebago to 8 miles
southwest of St Anna to near Campbellsport to Kewaskum to near
Slinger to near Hartford. Movement was east 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…
Sheboygan, West Bend, Mequon, Hartford, Grafton, Cedarburg, Port
Washington, Plymouth, Sheboygan Falls, Jackson, Slinger, Saukville,
Kewaskum, Thiensville, Howards Grove, Germantown, Oostburg, Belgium,
Fredonia, and Kohler.
This includes the following highways…
Wisconsin Highway 26 between mile markers 48 and 49.
Interstate 43 between mile markers 87 and 135.
Interstate 41 between mile markers 57 and 76.
U.S. Highway 45 between mile markers 61 and 73.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southeastern and east central Wisconsin.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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