⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Racine; Kenosha – Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 5 at 4:18PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 417 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Paddock Lake, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Kenosha, Racine, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant Prairie, Sturtevant,
Paddock Lake, Salem, Bristol, Paris, Somers, and Elmwood Park.

This includes Interstate 41/94 between mile markers 337 and 347.

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.