- Highs in the lower 70s today
- Sunshine returns Saturday
- Rain likely Easter Sunday afternoon
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Today is a FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY. A long track line of hail producing thunderstorms tracked through southern Wisconsin this morning. Hail up to 3 inches in diameter was reported in some spots. Numerous severe thunderstorm warnings were posted beginning at around 5:15 a.m. and continuing until 8:15 am.
Extensive vehicle and structure damage was reported across a large swath of southern Wisconsin, including parts of Grant, Crawford, Iowa, Sauk, Lafayette, Dane, Green, Columbia, Dodge, Jefferson and Rock Counties.
More showers and thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and evening. Low pressure is making its way through the area at this time. This wave of low pressure has drawn moisture northward into the state of Wisconsin. The result has been overnight scattered showers and thunderstorms with heavier, rainfall north of Madison.
For today, chances of picking up rain are better during the morning than the afternoon, but there will still be at least a few scattered showers around both afternoon and evening. Late afternoon and evening, some of the storms could be strong or severe southeast of Madison.
What’s Coming Up…
As our low exits to the east tonight, wind will shift to westerly. That is going to allow cooler temperatures to make their way back into southern Wisconsin for the weekend…