THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
597 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

DANE                  GREEN                 ROCK

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

JEFFERSON             KENOSHA               MILWAUKEE
RACINE                WALWORTH              WAUKESHA

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BELOIT, BRODHEAD, BROOKFIELD, CUDAHY,
DELAVAN, EAST TROY, ELKHORN, FORT ATKINSON, FRANKLIN, GREENFIELD,
JANESVILLE, JEFFERSON, KENOSHA, LAKE GENEVA, MADISON,
MENOMONEE FALLS, MONROE, MUSKEGO, NEW BERLIN, OAK CREEK, RACINE,
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WATERTOWN, WAUKESHA, WAUWATOSA, WEST ALLIS,
AND WHITEWATER.

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
LAFAYETTE...GREEN...SOUTHERN COLUMBIA...WESTERN ROCK...DANE...WESTERN
JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTIES...

AT 557 AM CDT, RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE WISCONSIN TO NEAR BELLEVILLE TO
WARREN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON, JANESVILLE, SUN PRAIRIE, FITCHBURG, MIDDLETON, STOUGHTON,
FORT ATKINSON, WAUNAKEE, MONROE, VERONA, OREGON, JEFFERSON,
MCFARLAND, MONONA, WINDSOR, LAKE MILLS, MILTON, EDGERTON, EVANSVILLE
AND COLUMBUS.

IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.