Alert archive / Wisconsin / 2008
Weather alerts in Wisconsin, August 2008
78 weather alerts in August 2008, 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 August 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 78
- Warnings
- 52
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 10
- Busiest day
- August 1, 200816 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett, Douglas, Washburn | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 12:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Door, Fond du Lac and 19 more | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 66 min | |
| Aug 1, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Calumet | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Door | 20 min |
| Aug 1, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Sheboygan | 78 min |
| Aug 1, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 73 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 50 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest and 15 more | 87 min |
| Aug 1, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 24 min | |
| Aug 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 89 min | |
| Aug 1, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 50 min | |
| Aug 3, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer, Washburn | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Price, Sawyer | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer, Washburn | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Price, Sawyer | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buffalo, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 1:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Dunn and 22 more | 89 min |
| Aug 4, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 4, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 86 min | |
| Aug 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 11:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and 7 more | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant, Green, Lafayette, Rock, Walworth | 84 min |
| Aug 4, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Door, Kewaunee | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 1:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark and 39 more | 90 min |
| Aug 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 114 min | |
| Aug 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 93 min | |
| Aug 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 71 min | |
| Aug 6, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 41 min | |
| Aug 9, 3:38 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 45 hr | |
| Aug 9, 4:02 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 35 hr | |
| Aug 9, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge | 19 min |
| Aug 13, 3:37 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 3:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barron, Brown, Chippewa, Clark, Door, Dunn and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:06 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 8 hr | |
| Aug 18, 8:17 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 11 hr | |
| Aug 22, 4:56 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 29 hr | |
| Aug 22, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burnett, Douglas, Washburn | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Washburn | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 1:10 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | Florence, Forest, Oneida, Vilas | 18 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Sawyer and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buffalo, La Crosse, Trempealeau | 119 min |
| Aug 28, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn and 6 more | 96 min |
| Aug 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett, Douglas, Washburn | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 22 min |
| Aug 28, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 40 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 | 39 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 12 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 12 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washburn County11
- Douglas County10
- Door County9
- Burnett County8
- Dunn County8
- Pierce County8
- Saint Croix County8
- Sawyer County8
- Fond du Lac County7
- Green Lake County7
- Polk County7
- Brown County6
- Calumet County6
- Dodge County6
- Kewaunee County6
- Manitowoc County6
- Marinette County6
- Marquette County6
- Outagamie County6
- Sheboygan County6
- Waupaca County6
- Winnebago County6
- Barron County6
- Buffalo County6
- Pepin County6
- Trempealeau County6
- Taylor County6
- Eau Claire County6
- Columbia County5
- Jefferson County5
- Menominee County5
- Oconto County5
- Shawano County5
- Waushara County5
- Florence County5
- Forest County5
- Portage County5
- Chippewa County5
- Price County5
- Bayfield County5
32 more counties
- Washington County4
- Waukesha County4
- Langlade County4
- Rusk County4
- Marathon County4
- Ashland County4
- Clark County4
- Iowa County4
- Sauk County4
- Milwaukee County3
- Ozaukee County3
- Racine County3
- Jackson County3
- La Crosse County3
- Monroe County3
- Wood County3
- Green County3
- Lafayette County3
- Walworth County3
- Oneida County3
- Vilas County3
- Adams County2
- Juneau County2
- Richland County2
- Crawford County2
- Dane County2
- Grant County2
- Rock County2
- Kenosha County2
- Lincoln County2
- Iron County2
- Vernon 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. Rebuilt daily.