| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Sauk; Iowa |
| Effective | 8/26/2026, 2:07:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/26/2026, 2:30:00 AM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 2:07AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Details
At 207 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Muscoda, or 9 miles southwest of Richland Center,
moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD…Nickel size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.
Locations impacted include…
Dodgeville, Spring Green, Highland, Arena, Avoca, Orion, Clyde,
Blackhawk Lake Rec Area, Governor Dodge St Park, and Edmund.
This includes the following highways…
U.S. Highway 18 between mile markers 49 and 51.
U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 42 and 47.
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.
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