Weather alerts in Wisconsin, 2016

2,576 weather alerts in 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 2,576
Warnings: 674
Watches: 112
Advisories: 544
Busiest month: July521 alerts
Busiest day: July 21, 2016101 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

2,576 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

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	332
Tornado Warning	14
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	23
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	94
Special Weather Statement	1,116
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	25
Flash Flood Warning	47
River Flood Warning	97
Flash Flood Watch	22
Flood Watch	5
River Flood Watch	9
Areal Flood Advisory	76
River Flood Advisory	10
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Lake Effect Snow Warning	4
Winter Storm Warning	22
Lake Effect Snow Watch	1
Winter Storm Watch	18
Freezing Rain Advisory	8
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	6
Winter Weather Advisory	78
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	3
Excessive Heat Watch	4
Heat Advisory	6
Cold
Freeze Warning	12
Wind Chill Warning	2
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	39
Wind Chill Advisory	34
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	4
High Wind Watch	2
Wind Advisory	19
Fire
Red Flag Warning	4
Fire Weather Watch	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	40
Freezing Fog Advisory	2
Coast and beach
Beach Hazards Statement	36
Marine
Gale Warning	38
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	1
Special Marine Warning	66
Storm Warning	2
Gale Watch	19
Storm Watch	1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	31
Small Craft Advisory	195

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

32 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2015 2017

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.