Weather alerts in Wisconsin
54,460 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 54,460
- Warnings
- 23,115
- Watches
- 3,435
- Advisories
- 11,531
- Busiest year
- 20173,064 alerts
- Average year
- 1,328over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Douglas County3,465
- Dane County3,432
- Rock County3,419
- Green County3,121
- Jefferson County3,117
- Columbia County3,075
- Sauk County3,067
- Walworth County3,029
- Lafayette County2,995
- Waukesha County2,983
- Iowa County2,963
- Grant County2,950
- Sawyer County2,902
- Dodge County2,894
- Marathon County2,846
- Kenosha County2,837
- Vernon County2,811
- Trempealeau County2,809
- Milwaukee County2,750
- Crawford County2,748
- Racine County2,741
- Wood County2,738
- Buffalo County2,721
- Price County2,707
- Burnett County2,697
- Washburn County2,693
- Bayfield County2,689
- Portage County2,689
- Jackson County2,683
- Ashland County2,613
- La Crosse County2,610
- Pierce County2,578
- Richland County2,553
- Monroe County2,542
- Iron County2,531
- Waupaca County2,522
- Washington County2,512
- Dunn County2,509
- Fond du Lac County2,508
- Clark County2,472
32 more counties
- Saint Croix County2,470
- Outagamie County2,444
- Shawano County2,443
- Eau Claire County2,427
- Waushara County2,423
- Juneau County2,421
- Ozaukee County2,403
- Winnebago County2,394
- Green Lake County2,392
- Chippewa County2,375
- Marquette County2,369
- Lincoln County2,325
- Sheboygan County2,323
- Pepin County2,318
- Adams County2,313
- Oconto County2,304
- Brown County2,278
- Marinette County2,272
- Polk County2,271
- Langlade County2,256
- Oneida County2,229
- Calumet County2,214
- Barron County2,189
- Taylor County2,155
- Manitowoc County2,147
- Rusk County2,133
- Vilas County2,131
- Forest County2,047
- Menominee County2,019
- Kewaunee County1,933
- Florence County1,799
- Door County1,756
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 49 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 6 days |
| Sep 19, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 21 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 67 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Sep 19, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 27 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 10:09 PM CDT | Gale Warning | GRB | 31 hr | |
| Sep 13, 9:08 PM CDT | Gale Warning | MKX | 40 hr | |
| Sep 4, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark | 14 min |
| Sep 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage, Wood | 57 min |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.