⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Iowa – Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 2:57AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 257 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Dodgeville, moving southeast at 30 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…
Dodgeville, Mineral Point, Barneveld, Blue Mounds, Ridgeway, Linden,
Waldwick, Blue Mound St Park, Jonesdale, Governor Dodge St Park, and
Edmund.

This includes the following highways…
U.S. Highway 18 between mile markers 49 and 61.
U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 37 and 47.

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.