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A Few Storms Tonight-Wed

High Swim Risk For Sheboygan County Beaches

August 18 Damage Survey Results

Pleasant weather will continue through this afternoon with partly cloudy skies, highs around 80, and an increasing southerly breeze. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are expected tonight, mainly after midnight. The chance for storms lingers through Wednesday for areas toward Lake Michigan. Quiet weather returns Thursday and Friday and there is a chance for storms Saturday afternoon through night.

A High Swim Risk is in effect this afternoon and evening for the Lake Michigan beaches in Sheboygan County. This is due to persistent and gusty south winds building high waves to this area. Stay out of the water and away from dangerous areas like piers and break walls. A Moderate Swim Risk for the Lake Michigan beaches in Ozaukee County is also expected during this period.

Damage surveys from the August 18 severe thunderstorms found multiple areas of 70-80 MPH straight line wind damage from western Washington County southeast into Waukesha County and the city of Milwaukee. One brief tornado was confirmed near the villages of Colgate and Richfield in southern Washington County, and was rated EF0 with maximum wind speeds of 80 MPH.