⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Sauk; Columbia – Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 8 at 8:27PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

At 827 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Portage to near Baraboo to 7 miles
southwest of West Baraboo to 7 miles north of Spring Green. Movement
was east at 20 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…
Baraboo, Portage, Prairie Du Sac, Lake Wisconsin, Lodi, Poynette,
Pardeeville, West Baraboo, Wyocena, Bluffview, Merrimac, Harmony
Grove, Interstate 90/94 Interchange, Okee, and Devils Lake St Park.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 90/94 between mile markers 96 and 108.
Interstate 39 between mile markers 85 and 92.
Interstate 39/90/94 between mile markers 109 and 110, and between
mile markers 112 and 118.
U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 219 and 223.

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.