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Tornado Warning
Issued: 1:24 AM Apr. 15, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Walworth County in southeastern Wisconsin...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 824 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
were located along a line extending from near East Troy to Elkhorn
to near Walworth, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree
damage is likely.

* These dangerous storms will be near...
Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, East Troy, Williams Bay, Walworth,
Fontana-On-Geneva Lake, Potter Lake, Como, and Pell Lake around
830 PM CDT.
Genoa City and Powers Lake around 835 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Abells
Corners, Tibbets, Troy Center, Delavan Lake, Springfield, and
Burlington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&


TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 12:59 AM Apr. 15, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Walworth County in southeastern Wisconsin...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 759 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fort Atkinson to near Janesville to 6 miles
northeast of Durand, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Whitewater, Elkhorn, Delavan, Lake Geneva, East Troy, Williams Bay,
Genoa City, Walworth, Fontana-On-Geneva Lake, Sharon, Darien, Como,
Pell Lake, Potter Lake, Powers Lake, Burlington, Richmond,
Springfield, La Grange, and Millard.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central
and southeastern Wisconsin.

&&


HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

Tornado Watch
Issued: 7:34 PM Apr. 14, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 109 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 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.

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