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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 24, 2026Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2026, 3:12 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2026, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2026, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Rock County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
148 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2026

WIZ062-063-241930-
Iowa WI-Dane WI-
148 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND
SOUTHWESTERN DANE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...

At 147 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles west of Mount Horeb, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Horeb, Black Earth, Barneveld, Blue Mounds, Ridgeway, and Blue
Mound St Park.

This includes U.S. Highway 18 between mile markers 53 and 70.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4314 9015 4313 8969 4292 8967 4292 8984
      4303 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 293DEG 15KT 4304 8994

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

WAGNER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:39 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXMilwaukee, Racine, Waukesha3 hr
Jun 24, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXIowa42 min
Jun 24, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa43 min
Jun 24, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXLafayette51 min
Jun 24, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Rock42 min
Jun 24, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette52 min
Jun 24, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXLafayette38 min
Jun 24, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock26 min
Jun 24, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Rock38 min
Jun 24, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock49 min
Jun 24, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen36 min
Jun 24, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock40 min
Jun 24, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth38 min
Jun 24, 4:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen, Rock, Walworth3 hr
Jun 24, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWalworth30 min
Jun 24, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth48 min
Jun 24, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXIowa37 min
Jun 24, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth51 min
Jun 24, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen Lake, Marquette28 min
Jun 24, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette49 min
Jun 24, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane, Iowa51 min
Jun 24, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa46 min
Jun 24, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake45 min
Jun 24, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette49 min
Jun 24, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette40 min
Jun 24, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette27 min
Jun 24, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake67 min
Jun 24, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette59 min
Jun 24, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Lafayette54 min
Jun 24, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake48 min
Jun 24, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane22 min
Jun 24, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac63 min
Jun 24, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge40 min
Jun 24, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge35 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.