Severe weather causes issues in surrounding area

Severe weather moved through the area Wednesday, June 10, 2026, leaving widespread damage in it’s wake in parts of the area, though the City of Fond du Lac was mostly left unscathed.

The southwest part of Fond du Lac County got hit the worst with multiple reports of trees and wires down.

The Waupun Fire Department was paged out several times for reports of wires down.

The Brandon Fire Department was also paged out a couple times. The most significant call was for a tree that fell on a house on Highway 49 near Liner Road. The initial report stated the roof now had a hole in it from the tree.

Fond du Lac County wasn’t the only area impacted. The airport in Oshkosh had an official wind gust of 94 mph.

In Dodge County, the well known “Culvers Barn”, a barn painted Culvers Blue with a sign that said “Thank you farmers” was completely leveled by high winds. Also in Dodge County, the City of Horicon was hit with high winds that did damage to the down town area and video on social media out of Lomira showed a weak tornado near the Grande Cheese facility just north of town. Damage was also reported in the Village of Lomira as well.

During the storm, a tornado warning was issued for eastern Fond du Lac County. At this time, no tornado damage has been reported , though National Weather Service employees will be out looking for any damage that could be tornado related.