Alert archive / Wisconsin / 1988
Weather alerts in Wisconsin, May 1988
34 weather alerts in May 1988, 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 in May 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 34
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 8, 198830 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 40 min |
| May 7, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett | 67 min |
| May 8, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Grant | 44 min |
| May 8, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Vernon | 45 min |
| May 8, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Grant | 41 min |
| May 8, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Taylor | 56 min |
| May 8, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Clark | 56 min |
| May 8, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 24 min |
| May 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Richland | 45 min |
| May 8, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Iowa | 39 min |
| May 8, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lafayette | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Iowa | 45 min |
| May 8, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Monroe | 35 min |
| May 8, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Sauk | 48 min |
| May 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Clark | 62 min |
| May 8, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Juneau, Sauk | 29 min |
| May 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Dane, Green | 40 min |
| May 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Columbia | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon, Wood | 63 min |
| May 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green Lake, Marquette | 68 min |
| May 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams | 68 min |
| May 8, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 8, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 61 min |
| May 8, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 41 min |
| May 8, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon, Portage | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waushara | 34 min |
| May 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 51 min |
| May 8, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 62 min |
| May 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Winnebago | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Langlade | 66 min |
| May 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Washington, Waukesha | 34 min |
| May 8, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 23 min |
| May 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 33 min |
| May 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Forest | 26 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 22 |
| Tornado Warning | 12 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grant County2
- Clark County2
- Monroe County2
- Iowa County2
- Sauk County2
- Marathon County2
- Portage County2
- Dunn County1
- Pepin County1
- Pierce County1
- Burnett County1
- La Crosse County1
- Vernon County1
- Taylor County1
- Richland County1
- Lafayette County1
- Jackson County1
- Juneau County1
- Dane County1
- Green County1
- Columbia County1
- Wood County1
- Green Lake County1
- Marquette County1
- Adams County1
- Jefferson County1
- Dodge County1
- Waushara County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Waupaca County1
- Outagamie County1
- Winnebago County1
- Langlade County1
- Washington County1
- Waukesha County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Forest County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.