< Wisconsin Tornado Watch | Effective 04/17/2026 10:42

Wisconsin Tornado Watch | Effective 04/17/2026 10:42

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued April 17 at 12:42PM CDT until April 17 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
April 17, 2026 - 10:42am
Expires: 
April 17, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOND DU LAC SHEBOYGAN IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN COLUMBIA DANE GREEN GREEN LAKE IOWA LAFAYETTE MARQUETTE ROCK SAUK IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN DODGE JEFFERSON KENOSHA MILWAUKEE OZAUKEE RACINE WALWORTH WASHINGTON WAUKESHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARGYLE, BARABOO, BARNEVELD, BEAVER DAM, BELMONT, BELOIT, BENTON, BERLIN, BLANCHARDVILLE, BRODHEAD, BROOKFIELD, CEDARBURG, COLUMBUS, DARLINGTON, DELAVAN, DODGEVILLE, EAST TROY, ELKHORN, ENDEAVOR, FOND DU LAC, FORT ATKINSON, GERMANTOWN, GRAFTON, HARTFORD, HOWARDS GROVE, JANESVILLE, JEFFERSON, KENOSHA, LAKE GENEVA, LAKE WISCONSIN, LODI, MADISON, MARKESAN, MAYVILLE, MENOMONEE FALLS, MEQUON, MILWAUKEE, MINERAL POINT, MONROE, MONTELLO, MUSKEGO, NESHKORO, NEW BERLIN, OOSTBURG, OXFORD, PLYMOUTH, PORTAGE, PRAIRIE DU SAC, PRINCETON, RACINE, REEDSBURG, SAUK CITY, SHEBOYGAN FALLS, SHULLSBURG, WATERTOWN, WAUKESHA, WAUPUN, WEST BEND, WESTFIELD, AND WHITEWATER.
Area Description: 
Columbia, WI; Dane, WI; Dodge, WI; Fond du Lac, WI; Green, WI; Green Lake, WI; Iowa, WI; Jefferson, WI; Kenosha, WI; Lafayette, WI; Marquette, WI; Milwaukee, WI; Ozaukee, WI; Racine, WI; Rock, WI; Sauk, WI; Sheboygan, WI; Walworth, WI; Washington, WI; Waukesha, WI
Forcast Office: 
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI