⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Racine; Kenosha – Thursday, July 9, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 9 at 4:36PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 436 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Union Grove, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD…Funnel clouds, wind gusts up to 40-45 mph, and pea 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…
Kenosha, Racine, Mount Pleasant, Sturtevant, Union Grove, Yorkville,
Eagle Lake, Somers, Elmwood Park, Kansasville, and Franksville.

This includes Interstate 41/94 between mile markers 331 and 339.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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.