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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 3:06 PM Aug. 9, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA AND EASTERN DANE COUNTIES... At 1006 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cottage Grove, or near Marshall, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Madison, Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Stoughton, Waunakee, Verona, Oregon, McFarland, Monona, Windsor, Edgerton, Columbus, Marshall, Deforest, Cottage Grove, Belleville, Deerfield, Fall River, Shorewood Hills, and Cambridge. People attending Madison Ride the Drive should seek safe shelter immediately! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 2:58 PM Aug. 9, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY... At 957 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fall River, or 7 miles north of Columbus, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Randolph, Rio, Cambria, Friesland, and Doylestown. People attending Doylestown Firemens Picnic should seek safe shelter immediately! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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