Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued May 19 at 1:52AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 11:52pm
Expires:
May 19, 2026 - 1:15am
Description:
At 150 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty winds on the
backside of the showers along a line extending from 8 miles
northeast of Antigo to near Fort Mc Coy to near Blue Grass. Movement
was northeast at 40 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...
Madison, Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Middleton, Waunakee, Baraboo,
Monroe, Verona, Portage, Oregon, Reedsburg, McFarland, Monona, Mount
Horeb, Windsor, Dodgeville, Prairie Du Sac, Sauk City, Brodhead, and
Wisconsin Dells.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90/94 between mile markers 88 and 108.
Interstate 39 between mile markers 85 and 119.
Interstate 39/90/94 between mile markers 109 and 110, and between
mile markers 112 and 137.
U.S. Highway 18 between mile markers 49 and 84.
U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 213 and 223, and between mile
markers 249 and 267.
U.S. Highway 151 between mile markers 23 and 47, and between mile
markers 98 and 99.
Interstate 39/90 between mile markers 138 and 139.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
Marquette; Sauk; Columbia; Iowa; Dane; Lafayette; Green
Forcast Office:
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI