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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Racine, WI

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Racine
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What is happening

At 734 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 20 miles northeast of Racine to 7 miles southeast of Wind Point to Mount Pleasant, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted...

What the bulletin says to do

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

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Bulletin details

At 734 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 20 miles northeast of Racine to 7 miles southeast of Wind Point to Mount Pleasant, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Racine, Mount Pleasant, Sturtevant, Union Grove, Wind Lake, Raymond, Yorkville, Wind Point, Waterford North, Eagle Lake, Caledonia, Waterford, Elmwood Park, North Bay, Franksville, and North Cape. People attending Mount Pleasant Sounds at Sunset should seek safe shelter immediately!

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Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 7:34PM CDT until August 18 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

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  2. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 6:54PM CDT until August 18 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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