⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Columbia; Dodge – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 18 at 2:44PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 244 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fall River, or over Columbus, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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…
Watertown, Beaver Dam, Mayville, Columbus, Horicon, Juneau, Fall
River, Hustisford, Iron Ridge, Burnett, Ashippun, Lebanon, Woodland,
Reeseville, Neosho, Richwood, Clyman, Lowell, Kekoskee, and Danville.

This includes the following highways…
U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 113 and 135.
Wisconsin Highway 26 between mile markers 44 and 53.

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.