⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Columbia, WI; Dane, WI; Sauk, WI – Thursday, July 2, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 2 at 5:01PM CDT until July 2 at 6:15PM 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…
Columbia County in south central Wisconsin…
Northeastern Dane County in south central Wisconsin…
East central Sauk County in south central Wisconsin…

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 501 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northwest of Prairie Du Sac to Mazomanie,
moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include…
Eastern Madison, Sun Prairie, Middleton, Waunakee, Portage,
Windsor, Columbus, Prairie Du Sac, Marshall, Waterloo, Lake
Wisconsin, Deforest, Lodi, Poynette, Pardeeville, Randolph, Fall
River, Rio, Cambria, and Dane.

People attending The Columbus Fourth of July Celebration should seek
safe shelter immediately!

Other landmarks included are the following Locations Gibraltar Rock
Natural Area County Park and Alliant Energy Portage Power Plant.

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.