| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Dodge, WI; Fond du Lac, WI |
| Effective | 8/18/2026, 4:56:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/18/2026, 5:45:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 4:56PM CDT until August 18 at 5:45PM 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…
Western Fond du Lac County in east central Wisconsin…
Northern Dodge County in southeastern Wisconsin…
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 456 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Rush Lake to near Brandon to near Randolph,
moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Beaver Dam, Waupun, Ripon, Mayville, Horicon, Juneau, Oakfield,
Rosendale, Brandon, Burnett, Lamartine, Fox Lake, Eldorado, Alto,
Brownsville, Fairwater, Kekoskee, Atwater, Astico, and Oak Center.
Other landmarks included are the following Location Horicon Marsh.
Instructions
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.
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