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Todays weather in Milwaukee WI - Monday - 18 May 2026
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
A severe thunderstorm warning is active west of Milwaukee right now, with 60 mph gusts and quarter-size hail tracking toward the metro. Today's Milwaukee weather briefing covers storm timing, commute impacts, a wild 30-degree regional temperature spread, and an extended severe weather threat running through Tuesday.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
Milwaukee, there's a severe thunderstorm warning active right now, and it's heading your way. The warning is currently in effect for central Dane County, just to your west, until noon CDT.
This isn't a surprise out of nowhere. Scattered showers and storms have been moving through southeast Wisconsin since early this morning.
Now, about what to wear. This is genuinely tricky today.
Wisconsin is under a level one out of five severe weather risk today. Level one sounds mild, and in context it is.
The bigger picture here is what's coming. This isn't just a one-day story.
Milwaukee. Storms are moving through right now, the warning is real, and this active pattern isn't wrapping up anytime soon.
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