The National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan Weather Forecast Office has issued another tornado watch that includes Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties effective from 2:30 – 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday. In addition, our area is seen as being at risk of damaging hail up to 3.5″ in diameter, which is between the size of a hockey puck and a baseball.

On Tuesday morning at approximately 1 a.m. the tornado sirens sounded in Whitewater. Though the sirens are designed to warn people who are outside, in the quiet of the night the sirens were undoubtedly heard inside many homes. There has not been confirmation of a tornado touching down in our area, but there was significant wind damage. The schools closed for the day due to ongoing power outages and hazardous travel due to trees down. A large portion of the city was without power overnight, but as of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, We Energies reports that only about ten customers are still without power.