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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Lafayette – Thursday, July 2, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Lafayette
Effective 7/2/2026, 8:34:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/2/2026, 9:30:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued July 2 at 8:34PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 833 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Dickeyville to near Galena. Movement was
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…
Darlington, Shullsburg, Belmont, Benton, New Diggings, Elk Grove,
Platte Mounds, Calamine, and Lead Mine.

This includes U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 23 and 32.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central Wisconsin.


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