Mt. Hope Fire Department

06/10/2026

Stay safe & please be weather alert! The first line of storms will be hitting the area around 1pm!

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The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clayton County in northeastern Iowa Southeastern Fayette County in northeastern Iowa Grant County in southwestern Wisconsin.

* Until 130 PM CDT.

* At 1227 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Arlington to near Cascade, moving northeast at 55
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Winds of 50 to 55 mph have been reported with these storms.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near Strawberry Point, Edgewood, Arlington, and Volga around 1230 PM
CDT.
Elkader around 1240 PM CDT.
Guttenberg and Garnavillo around 1245 PM CDT.
Dubuque and Cassville around 1250 PM CDT.
Hazel Green, Dickeyville, and Bloomington around 100 PM CDT.
Lancaster and Cuba City around 105 PM CDT.
Platteville around 110 PM CDT.
Fennimore around 115 PM CDT.

06/10/2026

Please have a plan in place & stay alert to changing weather conditions!

06/10/2026

05/17/2026

Happy EMS week to all our fellow colleagues & EMS on our department! We thank you each & every day for showing up & showing out! Truly thank you for the work you do with our department & others!! We truly appreciate you!

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!

Thank you for what you do!

05/05/2026

Today we honor the courage, sacrifice, and unwavering dedication of our firefighters. On National Firefighter Day, we recognize the brave men and women who run toward danger when others must step away—protecting lives, homes, and entire communities.

Your strength, resilience, and selflessness do not go unnoticed. Thank you for the long hours, the risks you take, and the compassion you show in the face of crisis.

To every firefighter: we are deeply grateful for all that you do, today and every day. 🚒

04/27/2026

Another line of storms is moving through this afternoon! Please be weather aware today!

4/27 The risk for severe weather returns to the region this afternoon. With the local area residing on the north side of the severe weather risk area, there remains uncertainty with the coverage and severity of the storms. If conditions line up just right, there is a narrow window in the mid to late afternoon for storms to produce hail, damaging winds, and perhaps a brief tornado. Bottom line, stay weather aware through the afternoon.

04/23/2026

Some more weather is headed our way tonight!

04/17/2026

A tornado watch has been issued for our area!

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Tornado watch in effect until 8 pm.