Information on shelter openings. Cbs 58s Jacob Kittilstad joins us live from their call center where theyre still hard at work. You can actually call 211 at any time. People here answer 24 a day. It is a yearround operation. But the tone or immediacy of many of their calls changes when the weather gets this cold. typing nat. 4;12;15 and how long has it been since you lived in your own home . Johnsons job is to ask tough questions. As people face the cold. 4;14;40 have you ever been attacked or beaten up since you become homeless . Hearing the answers isnt always easy. 2. 5 secyes you have . Okay. nancy 4;18;19 4;18;19 it gets little busier during the winter of course because people dont want to be outside. The big board shows so far. 117 plus 226. That 383 callers serve so far around noon. 4;10;18 we typically take around 600 calls. Today im expecting that well exceed that. John hyatt president and ceo of connect people with services. Giving referrals to shelters. hyatt 4;04;44 4;04;44
And very humid sunday with patchy dense fog forming last evening. There is still some patchy fog near the lake this morning, otherwise it is warm and humid with temps in the 60s. Today will be mostly cloudy, windy, warm and humid with highs near 80 and just an isolated tshower after 3pm. Tonight is very windy and warm with lows in the lower 60s and a sw wind gusting to 30 mph. Incident free light traffic dry roads, slight fog not causing any issues several overnight closures reopening activists concerned about gun violence are calling for background checks on all firearm sales. Less than one month before novembers election. Theyre rallying behind that cause in waukesha. Pete zervakis is live there to explain. At 4 30 this afternoon. The groups grassroots waukesha and moms demand action say in support of universal background checks on all gun sales here on wisconsin avenue near cutler park. All federally licensed firearms dealers are currently required to run background checks on buyers
Helping people break the cycle of addiction and view a fox6 news special on the crisis. The heat is on hot, humid weather has returned to our area. And with it could be some storms in the coming days. Fox6 weather expert Stephanie Barichello joins us with more. Evening with the chance for showers and tstorms. Some storms may produce damaging wind and hail. Thunderstorms will continue on and off overnight and throughout wednesday. Again, some storms may be strong to severe. A few showers may linger into thursday then expect gradual another chance for storms friday into saturday then cooler, more comfortable conditions the rest of the weekend. Tonight scattered rain and thunder. Low 74 dewpoint 71 wind sw 510 mph wednesday mostly cloudy, hot and humid with the thunderstorms high 87 dewpoint 72 wind sw 515 mph thursday morning showers and storms then clearing in the afternoon. Am low 71 high 82 dewpoint 67 wind w 515 mph track the weather anytime anywhere. Just download the fox six storm
In the state. We have periods of heavy rain. Not a lot in the way of Severe Weather. I dont expect Severe Weather this afternoon. But this amp the stronger storms are a possibility. Right now the winds are east. We anticipate overall more of a west and southwest wind. So the time line, i think that off this morning. Between 8 and noon a lull in the rain action. High temperature today if we break the sun 87 or so. Then between noon and 8 00, periods of rain and storms arriving once again and potential for the local heavy rainfall later this afternoon and the evening hours. Ben . Thank you, sal. Right now, cleanup is underway after storms moved damage was reported yesterday afternoon and evening in manitowoc, appleton, and hortonville. This is video of a barn that collapsed in kimberly just east of appleton. Look at this. The owner says he was storing old cars inside. No one was hurt. And heavy rain led to some street flooding and ponding in appleton. Here you can see cars driving throug
Counties, you have not had any rain at all. But if you are in our Northern Counties, you have had 12 inches of rain, and you are not done. Notice how it is all in the same area. This extends back to the west as well. In this area, maybe three inches of rain throughout the night. The bottom line is we will be flash flooding as the night goes on. More storms on the way tomorrow. I will have more on that coming up in a few minutes. Joyce mark, we know you will stay on top of it. In the meantime, you can track the storms right on your phone or tablet using the free wisn 12 news app. Kathy now to a story youll see only on wisn 12 news. A woman enjoying lunch outside at a popular eastside restaurant has her purse snatched from underneath her seat. Joyce Christina Palladino is live. , less than an hour later. Her car was stolen just a few blocks from here at thainamite on brady street. She is eight months pregnant and was having lunch with a friend outside last monday with a friend when a man