Main Severe Weather Risk Shifts South Of Wisconsin This Afternoon And Evening (Updated 6/17 8:45 AM)

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A period of mainly quiet weather is expected into early this afternoon. There are some chances for thunderstorms during the middle to late afternoon hours. However, most of the area should continue to remain dry.

Thunderstorms are most likely to occur across southern Wisconsin during the evening, and into the overnight hours. It appears that the main severe weather risk has shifted south of Wisconsin, with just part of Kenosha County remaining in the Slight Risk for severe storms. Large hail and damaging winds are possible in the Slight Risk area.

There is a Marginal Risk for severe storms mainly along and south of a Darlington to Port Washington line. This means that isolated severe storms producing large hail and damaging winds are possible, but most of the storms would remain below severe levels.

Here is a description of the risk categories from the Storm Prediction Center:

Here is the Day 1 Outlook (today through tonight) from the Storm Prediction Center:

Outlook	Tornado

Hail	Wind

Here are the latest local and regional radar animations:

Local Radar	Regional Radar - West View	Regional Radar - East View

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Keep up with the latest forecasts for this afternoon into tonight.

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NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI