⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Fond Du Lac – Friday, August 21, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 6:06PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 606 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ripon, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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…
Fond Du Lac, Ripon, North Fond Du Lac, Rosendale, Brandon, Southern
Lake Winnebago, Lamartine, Eldorado, Oak Center, West Rosendale, and
Lagoda.

This includes the following highways…
U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 149 and 159.
Interstate 41 between mile markers 100 and 107.

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.