Weather Alerts For Footville, WI

# HEADLINE -------------------- FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. WHERE Portions of east central, south central, and southeast Wisconsin, including the following counties, in east central Wisconsin, Fond du Lac and Sheboygan. In south central Wisconsin, Dane, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette, Marquette and Rock. In southeast Wisconsin, Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha. WHEN Through Saturday morning. IMPACTS Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain. ADDITIONAL DETAILS - Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall on a saturated is possible. An additional 0.50 to 1.25 inches of rain is expected, with locally higher amounts to 2.00 inches possible. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood ISSUED AT Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:05 AM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI HEADER Flood Watch # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Ozaukee, Rock, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha Including the cities of Milwaukee, East Troy, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Oxford, Endeavor, West Bend, Darlington, Delavan, Racine, Neshkoro, Mineral Point, Kenosha, Benton, Beloit, Waukesha, Montello, Grafton, Germantown, Cedarburg, Madison, Shullsburg, Dodgeville, Menomonee Falls, Waupun, Brookfield, Blanchardville, Belmont, Whitewater, Princeton, Janesville, Muskego, Elkhorn, Hartford, Howards Grove, New Berlin, Argyle, Fond Du Lac, Lake Geneva, Sheboygan Falls, Mayville, Plymouth, Brodhead, Beaver Dam, Berlin, Monroe, Watertown, Markesan, Westfield, Barneveld, Mequon, and Oostburg

There is a Enhanced Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS INTO WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI SUMMARY Numerous severe thunderstorms are likely this afternoon into tonight across parts of the Upper Midwest southward across the lower Missouri Valley and central/southern Great Plains. Initially this may be accompanied by a risk for large to giant hail and a few strong tornadoes, before severe wind gusts of 60 to 90 mph become the most prominent hazard by this evening. Synopsis Recent surface analysis places a low over south-central MN, with a cold front extending southwestward to another low over central KS. A warm front also extends southwestward from the MN low through far southwest MN and far northern IL into central IN. This warm front is demarcated well by the 56 deg F isodrosotherm. Farther south, a dryline extends from the triple point KS low back southwestward through the TX Panhandle and into far southeast NM. A broad, moist warm sector exists to the east of the cold front and dryline, characterized largely by dewpoints in the low to mid 60s. A well-defined shortwave trough is apparent on satellite imagery, extending from southern Saskatchewan back southwestward into the eastern Great Basin. This wave is forecast to continue eastward, with a attendant increase in the mid-level flow across much of the Plains and Upper/Mid MS Valley. The cold front will surge eastward/southeastward in response to this wave as well, interacting with the warm sector to support numerous strong to severe thunderstorms from parts of the Upper Midwest southward across the lower Missouri Valley into southern Plains. Upper/Mid MS Valley Moderate to strong low-level moisture advection is expected across the Upper MS Valley today as the surface low mentioned in the synopsis progresses northeastward, with an attendant northward shift of the warm front as well. The risk across this region may evolve in several phases, beginning with the elevated thunderstorms currently ongoing across northwest WI. This storms will likely continue northeastward, posing a risk for severe hail and isolated damaging gusts. Additional development is possible northwest of this activity along the occluded front, with some hail possible here as well. Farther south, the northeastward advecting low-level moisture coupled with strong heating and steep lapse rates will result in a strongly unstable airmass along and just south of the warm front by the early afternoon. Storm initiation is anticipated within this open warm sector by early afternoon, forced by a mix of warm-air advection, low-level confluence, and subtly increasing large-scale ascent. This activity should be ahead of the front and initially discrete. The overall parameter space will be characterized by strong to very strong buoyancy, moderate deep-layer vertical shear, and strong low-level helicity. Supercells capable of all hazards are expected, including large to very large (i.e. 3"+ hail), strong to intense tornadoes, and severe wind gusts. Storm interactions are expected to strongly influence the tornado risk, with the initially discrete mode likely becoming messy quickly. Farther west, other storms are likely to evolve quickly along the front, developing into a band of severe thunderstorms that will push east coincident with the front. Damaging wind gusts will tend to become more prevalent during the evening with linear storm modes. Some tornado risk may continue into the evening as maturing bands of storms yield a threat for bowing segments and embedded mesovortices, before this activity gradually diminishes late as it moves east into IN/Lower MI late. KS/OK/MO A very unstable airmass is expected to develop along and ahead of the triple point over south-central KS an associated cold front and dryline. Strong low-level convergence will likely lead to initial storm development near the triple point. This initial activity will be supercellular and capable of very large to giant hail (over 3-3.5" in diameter). Highest coverage of very large hail is expected over from far northwest OK into south-central KS. Strong downdrafts (60 to 80 mph) are possible as well. With a largely boundary-parallel orientation to the deep-layer shear, the tornado risk appears relatively lower. However, given the supercell mode and potential interactions with outflow, a low-probability tornado risk remains. A more north-south configuration to the dryline supports a conditional tornado risk into far northwest TX. With time, upscale growth and the development of a forward-propagating MCS is anticipated across central and eastern KS. Very strong gusts (80+ mph) are possible with this MCS. Additionally, some QLCS tornado risk will exist within this line as long as it stays ahead of the surging cold front. The front will continue sweeping southeastward, with storms along this boundary yielding a risk for wind/hail.

Pollen Index: 11.6 Pollen Level: high Predominant Pollen: Poplar/Aspen/Cottonwood, Cedar/Juniper and Elm. Pollen concentrations for Saturday will be falling but will remain in the high range. Since the weather has a major influence on pollen dispersal, this decrease is due in part to falling temperatures and heavy rains in the morning and evening which tend to wash pollen out of the air. The lower pollen levels are significant and should help allergy sufferers to cope tomorrow.