UPDATE 6/25/24 at 9:30am – After Southeast Wisconsin’s latest bout of severe weather, high heat and flooding concerns are the main focus for the rest of Tuesday.
Flood Warnings are currently in effect for the Lower Fox River in Waukesha, as well as the Sheboygan River in Sheboygan. The National Weather Service says the Sheboygan River is expected to rise above flood stage late this evening to a crest of 8.1 feet just after midnight, which would be on par with a previous crest of that height on March 14th, 1990.
Additionally, the forecast calls for a high of 91 in Milwaukee this afternoon. No heat advisories have been issued at this time.
UPDATE 6/25/24 at 6:35am – The earlier Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Ozaukee, Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Washington Counties has been canceled early.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect for Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, and Waukesha Counties until 11am.
A Flood Advisory remains in effect for Dodge, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha Counties until 9:00am. The storms moving through this morning have already dropped between 1/2 and 1 inch of rain, and could drop another 1 to 1.5 inches still.
A listener called the WTMJ Talk & Text Line around 6:30 to report standing water on I-94 eastbound near County Highway F in Waukesha County.
Additionally, still around 28,000 customers are without power across the state; We Energies reports around 10,000 of their customers are without power, while most of the outages are occurring for WPS customers in Northeast Wisconsin.
Stay tuned to WTMJ for continuing Fleet Farm Storm Team coverage.
UPDATE 6/25/24 at 5:00am – The earlier severe thunderstorm warnings have expired. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for the following counties:
- Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Dodge, Washington, and Ozaukee until 8am
- Jefferson, Waukesha, Milwaukee, Walworth, Racine, and Kenosha until 11am
SULLIVAN – The National Weather Service in Sullivan has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Dodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, and Washington Counties until 4:30am.
At 3:24 AM, these severe thunderstorms were located from Kewaunee to Menasha in Northeast Wisconsin, and were moving southeast at a quick clip of 60 miles per hour.
These fast-moving storms are currently producing 60 mile per hour wind gusts and penny size hail.
For your protection, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building, and stay as far away as possible from windows.
Stay tuned to WTMJ for the latest severe weather information.
