July 4, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Sauk; Iowa – Saturday, July 4, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Sauk; Iowa
Effective 7/4/2026, 4:54:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/4/2026, 6:00:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 4:54PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 452 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles north of Spring Green to 12 miles
southeast of Richland Center to near Muscoda to near Boscobel.
Movement was southwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD…Funnel clouds and wind gusts to 40 MPH.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds
could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured
objects.

Locations impacted include…
Spring Green, Highland, Plain, Avoca, Orion, and Clyde.

Instructions

Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel
clouds. This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions
they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 mph. If a
funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the
National Weather Service.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.