August 11, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Lafayette – Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Lafayette
Effective 8/11/2026, 2:01:00 AM CDT
Expires 8/11/2026, 2:30:00 AM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 11 at 2:01AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 200 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Belmont, or near Platteville, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD…Half inch hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include…
Darlington, Shullsburg, Belmont, Benton, Elk Grove, Calamine, and
Lead Mine.

This includes U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 23 and 29.

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.