Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

We've had multiple reports of funnel clouds associated some showers and weak thunderstorms early this afternoon. These will be possible across south central and southeast Wisconsin through early evening.


Fitchburg, WI at 2:56 pm. Photo taken by Katie Cardin.	9 miles southwest of Oshkosh, WI. Photo from Winnebago County Emergency Management.

Typically, these funnel clouds stay at the base of the cloud and do not come in contact with the ground. However, if they do approach the ground, seek shelter immediately.

We would like to hear about any funnel clouds you might observe. Please send any reports to the NWS at weather.gov/mkx/reports. Also send us pictures via Facebook, Twitter, or email: w-mkx.webmaster@noaa.gov.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

Funnel Clouds Today (Updated at 3:35 pm)