Strong to severe storms are possible across the region this afternoon into tonight, most favorable along and west of the Mississippi River. Damaging winds and hail are the primary threats, although locally heavy rain and possibly a tornado are also on the table.

Thunderstorms will move into the state later today, with damaging winds and hail with possible tornadoes or heavy rainfall in some areas.⛈️

✅ Stay updated on the weather.
✅ Have multiple ways to receive alerts.
✅ When thunder roars, go indoors.

2 Ways to Report Property Damage after recent Storms and flooding Dial 2-1-1 Fill out online form https://211wisconsin.communityos.org/damage-report

There's 2 ways you can report your property damage after recent storms and flooding.👇

1️⃣ Call 2-1-1
2️⃣ Fill out a form online: https://211wisconsin.communityos.org/damage-report

Use caution when seeking repairs after recent storms.

✅ Hire established local contractors.
✅ Ask for recommendations from trusted sources.
✅ Keep copies of all contracts, receipts, communications, warranties, and written materials.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/5MLu50YNvuh

Once given the all-clear to return to flooded areas, early action can help get you on the road to recovery. Keep these tips in mind as you move through the process.

Anyone with storm damage can call 211 to report or to see what resources are available in their community.

Recovery after storms is more than just physical. It is normal to experience different emotions afterwards.
Ask for help and be extra patient with each other
Talk with friends, family, or counselors
Break your to-do list up into smaller tasks
Ensure you're getting enough rest

Roads are reopening across the state as floodwaters recede. However, hazards remain on those still closed roads and other areas of remaining water.
⚠️ Do not attempt to drive around barricades - they're there for a reason
🌊 Avoid walking through or playing in floodwaters

#ReadyWI #Flood Recovery

Graphic outlining Flood Cleanup Safety: Stay out of floodwaters until they've gone down to normal levels Wear heavy work gloves, protective clothing and boots. Check the safety of your drinking water. Throw away unsafe food. Damaged or wet flooring, carpeting, furniture, drywall, and insulation should be removed and disposed of to prevent mold growth. Don't mix bleach with other cleaners.

Keep safety in mind if during flood cleanup.🪣🧽

🥾 Wear protective gear.
🚰 Ensure your drinking water is safe.
🚫 Do not mix bleach with other cleaners.

Get more flood safety tips from our friends at the WI Department of Health Services: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/releases/041726.htm

Blue speech bubble with white numbers '2-1-1' and the word 'Wisconsin' below on a teal to yellow gradient background.

Disaster Distress Helpline contact info with phone number 1-800-985-5990 for call or text support.

If your were affected by recent storms or flooding, help is available.

👉 Use 211 Wisconsin to connect with storm or flooding cleanup services or help finding services.
👉 If you're feeling stressed or overwhelmed, call or text the Disaster Distress Helpline ➡ 1-800-985-5990.

The damage that remains after a storm has passed can cause injury when we're not careful during clean-up.
🥾Ensure you're dressed appropriately in long pants and sturdy shoes
👀Be on the lookout for nails and broken glass
💪Work within your limits and take breaks as needed

#ReadyWI #StormCleanup

Graphic with a tornado with the words: Your safe place from tornadoes. Tornadoes can be extremely dangerous. Safe places are storm shelters and basements, but if not available, an interior room without windows can also be protective. If you receive a tornado warning, TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

TORNADOES AND ROAD SAFETY. 1) What To Do: Get off the road. The best option is to drive to a designated shelter, basement or safe room. The next best option is a small, windowless room or hallway on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. 2) What No To Do: Do not seek refuge in a vehicle, outside or under an overpass. A highway overpass does not provide safety from a tornado. Do not seek shelter under an overpass or a tree.

With high wind and tornado possibilities later today, it's important to know where to safely go.

✅ Have multiple ways to get weather alerts.
✅ Go to the lowest level of a building, an interior room away from windows.
✅ Leave a mobile home during a tornado watch to get to a more sturdy shelter.

Map showing severe weather outlook for April 17, 2026, highlighting Wisconsin with areas of marginal, slight, and enhanced risk.

Keep an eye on the weather Friday!👀

More severe weather chances return with strong winds, hail, tornadoes, river flooding, and flash flooding possible.

✅ Stay updated on the weather.
✅ Have multiple ways to receive alerts.
✅ Do not drive through floodwaters.

2026 Wisconsin statewide tornado drills have been officially canceled, announced with logos of key weather and communication organizations.

WISCONSIN STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILLS CANCELED!

The annual statewide tornado drills on Thursday, April 16, 2026, are canceled in light of recent severe weather events that have impacted communities across Wisconsin.

Learn more: wem.wi.gov/wisconsin-tornado-drills...

Your safe place from flooding: during a flood, water levels and flow speed can quickly change. You are safest by staying indoors, or seeking higher ground if shelter isn't available. If you're stuck outside when a flash flood occurs, do not attempt to cross flood waters by vehicle or on foot.

Stay flood aware whether it's during heavy rainfall or as rivers rise.

✅ You are safest staying indoors, or seeking higher ground if water.

✅ If you’re outside when a flash flood occurs, do not attempt to cross flood waters by vehicle or walking through it.

Three key steps for flash flood safety: get to higher ground, avoid driving into water, and stay informed via local media and weather updates.

Tonight's storms could bring heavy rainfall to some areas, which could bring flash flooding.⛈️

Flooding is harder to see at night - stay alert!

✅ Move to higher ground if water rises.
✅ Do not drive or walk in floodwaters.
✅ Stay informed and weather aware.

Diagram showing tornado safety tips: stay in the lowest interior room without windows, evacuate mobile homes immediately, and seek sturdy shelter if outdoors.

Do you know where your tornado safe place is located?

👉 For houses and apartments: Get to the lowest level of the building. Go to an interior room away from windows.
👉 For mobile homes: You may need to leave if a tornado watch is issued and head to a more sturdy building.

Map showing severe weather outlook for Wisconsin on April 14, 2026, with areas of slight, and enhanced risk highlighted.

Another round of widespread severe weather will move into the state Tuesday afternoon.

Large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are possible. 🌪️

👉 Have multiple ways to receive weather alerts.
👉 Get weather updates from a trusted source.
👉 Know where to go to stay safe.

Be safe while you cleanup up after storms on Monday and overnight.

💡 If the power is out, run generators outdoors.
🥾 Wear sturdy shoes, clean up slowly and take lots of breaks to avoid straining your body.
🧰 Work with trusted contractors to avoid being scammed.

Image is a split screen of flooding at daytime and night. text reads flooding at night. sometimes Difficult to see during the day impossible to see at night.

Darkness makes it difficult to see flood dangers at night.🌙

✅️ Turn around, don't drown! Do not drive or enter flooded areas.
✅️ If there is a flash flood warning, seek higher ground immediately.
✅️ If your vehicle stalls in rapidly rising water, abandon it immediately and get to higher ground.

Know where to go when sheltering at home from a tornado. Quickly move to your basement and bring your emergency supply kit. If you have no basement, move to an interior room with no windows. Top floors DO NOT protect you. Exterior rooms and room with windows DO NOT protect you. No place outside is safe from a tornado.

Know where your safe spot is located during a tornado.🌪

👉 For houses and apartment buildings: Get to the lowest level and don't be near windows.

👉 For mobile homes: Go to a community shelter location, nearby public building, or family and friends who live in sturdy homes.

Two smartphones display urgent wireless emergency alerts about severe weather and tornado warnings. Text on graphic read: Wireless Emergency Alerts. Location-based, Lifesaving, Free.

It's the start of Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin!⛈️🌪️

Did you know you could get severe weather alerts sent to your phone... FOR FREE?!?🤩

They are called Wireless Emergency Alerts.

👉 Learn more: https://ow.ly/wGiS50YHaFe

There is an enhanced (Threat Level 3 out of 5) risk for severe storms this afternoon and into the late evening for areas along and north of Interstate 90. Storms will likely develop north of an Owatonna to Winona, MN line and move to the east/northeast, quickly becoming severe. Large hail and heavy rain will be the primary threat with these storms, however damaging wind gusts and a tornado or two are also possible

Map showing severe weather outlook for Wisconsin on April 14, 2026, with areas of slight, enhanced, moderate, marked in green, yellow, and orange. The orange area, meaning enhanced risk, is over southern WI.

Map showing severe weather outlook for Wisconsin on April 15, 2026, with marginal to slight risk areas highlighted in yellow and green. The slight risk area is over southwestern WI.

Be prepared for severe weather the next few days!

Not just because it's Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin, but because the weather said "let me demonstrate."⛈️

✅ Stay updated on weather conditions.
✅ Have a plan in place.
✅ Have multiple ways to receive weather alerts.

Map showing severe weather outlook for Wisconsin on April 13, 2026, with enhanced and moderate risk zones highlighted. There is an enhanced risk (threat level 3 out of 5) for severe storms late Monday afternoon and into the evening for areas north of Interstate 90 in Western and Central Wisconsin.

Keep an eye on the weather Monday afternoon and evening!👀

Hail, damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and tornadoes are possible, especially in the enhanced risk area on this map.⛈️🌪️

Stay weather aware and have multiple ways to get alerts!

Storm Planning Timeline. The day before, forecast accuracy continues to improve: adjust plans; make sure your phone can receive WEAs; ensure your shelter is clean and accessible. The day of, remain vigilant and aware of any active Watches - a Warning may be issued at a moment's notice: remind your family of the communication plan; know how to evacuation and/or get to safety from wherever you are; whenever a Warning is issued, you may only have seconds to take action!

With multiple rounds of storms this week, take time to be prepared before severe weather strikes.

✅️ Stay updated in the weather.
✅️ Have multiple ways to receive weather alerts.
✅️ Know your safe place.

Checklist for pet emergency planning with tips on sheltering, caregiving, microchipping, and emergency kits, accompanied by images of various pets.

Checklist reminding owners to identify large animals and prepare transport vehicles for evacuation or shelter options.

Today is National Pet Day!🐾

Disasters can happen at any time - but a little planning can make the difference for your furry, feathered or scaled family members.🐶😺🦜🦎

Learn more: https://readywisconsin.wi.gov/planning-for-pets/

Checklist for emergency preparedness including receiving alerts, evacuation routes, and updating emergency kits on a blue background.

The key to emergency preparedness is having a plan.🗺️

👉 Figure out how you will receive alerts.
👉 Know possible evacuation routes.
👉 Update what needs to be in your emergency kit.

A white house with a yellow roof partially submerged in rising floodwaters under dark rain clouds.

April showers bring May flowers, but they also bring flooding risks. 🌷☔

✅ In the event of a flash flood, get to higher ground.
✅ Never drive around flood barricades.
✅ Stay away from flooded areas. Turn Around Don't Drown!

Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin is next week!⛈️🌪️

Be prepared for and know what to do when severe weather strikes, whether at home, school or work.

Don't Forget!⬇️
The Wisconsin Statewide Tornado Drills will occur on April 16 at 1:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. pending any severe weather threats.

Hand checking off items on an emergency preparedness checklist surrounded by essential supplies like batteries, flashlight, and first aid kit.

Be prepared with a fully stocked emergency kit.⬇️

🔋Flashlights, batteries & portable chargers.
📻Battery-powered radio.
🩹First aid kits & medicine.
🐶Pet supplies.

Learn more: https://readywisconsin.wi.gov/make-a-kit/

Illustration of a hand holding a smartphone with chat bubbles, surrounded by three people icons connected by dotted lines, emphasizing checking in with family and friends.

Check in with family and friends, especially older adults.🤝

Older adults' needs and capabilities can change based on health conditions, living situations, and other factors.

Learn more: https://www.ready.gov/older-adults

Never drive around barricades. Most flood fatalities occur in vehicles. You don't know how deep the water is. Even when the water recedes, the ground may be unstable

When there is flooding, NEVER drive around barricades!

You don't know how deep the water is.

Even when it recedes, the ground could be unstable.