NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WIFF.W 0022September 19, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Dane, WI
The National Weather Service office in Milwaukee/Sullivan issued a flash flood warning for Dane in Wisconsin, which was in force until 4:00 a.m. local time on September 19. It was the 22nd flash flood warning the NWS office in Milwaukee/Sullivan issued in 2026. Wisconsin had 4 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 5 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Wisconsin's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.7 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- Area
- Dane
- State
- Wisconsin
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:17 a.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 4:00 a.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMKX FF.W 0022
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWMKX The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Dane County in south central Wisconsin... * Until 400 AM CDT. * At 117 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Madison, Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Middleton, Stoughton, Waunakee, Verona, Oregon, McFarland, Monona, Mount Horeb, Edgerton, Marshall, Cottage Grove, Cross Plains, Belleville, Deerfield, Mazomanie, Shorewood Hills and Cambridge. This includes the following streams and drainages... Story Creek, Sugar River, Maunesha River, Williams-barneveld Creek, Murphy Creek, Bohn Creek, Ward Creek, Ross Crossing Creek, Badfish Creek, Gordon Creek, Mount Vernon Creek, Rock River, Token Creek, Elvers Creek, Mud Creek, Saunders Creek, Stony Brook, Allen Creek, Little Door Creek, Swan Creek, Yahara River, Starkweather Creek, Syftestad Creek, West Branch Sugar River, Koshkonong Creek, Murphys Creek, Vermont Creek, Little Sugar River, Halfway Prairie Creek, Primrose Branch, Rutland Branch, Nine Springs Creek, Deer Creek, East Branch Pecatonica River, Badger Mill Creek, Spring Creek, Pheasant Branch, West Branch Blue Mounds Creek and Black Earth Creek.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.