901  
WWUS83 KARX 172158  
SPSARX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
458 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
WIZ054-055-061-172230-  
RICHLAND WI-CRAWFORD WI-GRANT WI-  
458 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GRANT  
SOUTHWESTERN  
RICHLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM CDT...  
 
AT 458 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOSCOBEL TO NEAR  
LANCASTER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
LANCASTER, BOSCOBEL, AND FENNIMORE AROUND 505 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE PRESTON, ARTHUR,  
HIGHWAY 61 AND COUNTY T, MONTFORT, EAGLE CAVE, MOUNT IDA, EAGLE  
CORNERS, HARRIS RIDGE, HIGHWAYS 60 AND 61, AND BEETOWN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN  
WISCONSIN.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4276 9089 4311 9098 4328 9042 4320 9040  
4320 9043 4281 9043  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 255DEG 40KT 4306 9086 4281 9073  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
 
FERGUSON  
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