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Extreme Heat and Fire Weather Conditions in the West; Severe Thunderstorm Threat in the Northern Plains on Thursday

Extreme heat will may set some new daily temperature records across the Desert Southwest. Hot, dry and windy conditions and dry thunderstorms continue to bring fire weather concerns for portions of the Desert Southwest, the central Great Basin and Rockies. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected across the Northern Plains late Thursday. Read More >

Madison NOAA Weather Radio Station WXJ-87 broadcasting on a frequency of 162.550 MHz will be up and down during maintenance for most of today. 

Alternate transmitters for listening to NOAA Weather Radio across south central Wisconsin are: WWG-90 in Janesville, KHA-47 in Baraboo, WWG-89 in Richland Center. 

For more information, check out our NOAA Weather Radio Page.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.