⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Marquette; Sauk; Columbia – Sunday, August 9, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 9 at 8:44AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 844 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 8 miles east of Wonewoc, or 9 miles south of Mauston,
moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Baraboo, Reedsburg, Prairie Du Sac, Sauk City, Wisconsin Dells, Lake
Wisconsin, Lake Delton, West Baraboo, Packwaukee, Bluffview, North
Freedom, Oxford, Endeavor, La Valle, Rock Springs, Loganville,
Ironton, Lime Ridge, Briggsville, and Devils Lake St Park.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 90/94 between mile markers 88 and 102.
Interstate 39 between mile markers 102 and 105.
U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 213 and 223.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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