MADISON, Wis (WMDX) - After high heat and humidity had a grip on Wisconsin, the threat of severe thunderstorms now brings a risk of flooding alongside a cooldown.
Strong thunderstorms will follow a cold front sweeping across the state. The Storm Prediction Center has put much of the state in a Slight Risk for severe conditions.
These storms will likely pack hazardous high winds and heavy downpours. Hail is also a risk, especially in the afternoon, and a tornado or two are possible.
The wet weather starts around 1 or 2 p.m. in west-central Wisconsin and will grow northeast. As it works southeast through the state, it'll go until dark, fizzling out near Milwaukee in the evening.
As the front stalls and sits over the state through the entire week, rain will drench us and has the potential of causing flooding in places. The Weather Prediction Center has put the area at slight risk for excessive rainfall.
Then, the heavy rain should lift north for the latter half of the week. Shifting the increased rainfall and risk away from the southern state line.
You can check current river levels here.
Brittney Merlot is Civic Media’s Meteorologist. Email her at brittney.merlot@civicmedia.us.
