DANE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES: Latest warning from NWS

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  WESTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 428 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRING GREEN TO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DARLINGTON TO WINSLOW TO PEARL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MADISON...FITCHBURG...MIDDLETON...WAUNAKEE...MONROE...VERONA...
  OREGON...MOUNT HOREB...EVANSVILLE...DODGEVILLE...SAUK CITY...
  BRODHEAD...MINERAL POINT...DARLINGTON...CROSS PLAINS...
  BELLEVILLE...NEW GLARUS...MAZOMANIE...SPRING GREEN AND SHOREWOOD
  HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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