Blizzard Warnings in Wisconsin
54 blizzard warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 54
- Busiest year
- 20095 blizzard warnings
- Average year
- 3over 17 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 county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashland County11
- Douglas County10
- Calumet County9
- Door County9
- Kewaunee County9
- Manitowoc County9
- Winnebago County9
- Bayfield County9
- Brown County8
- Outagamie County8
- Grant County8
- Kenosha County7
- Racine County7
- Adams County7
- Crawford County7
- Fond du Lac County7
- Green County7
- Iowa County7
- Iron County7
- Juneau County7
- La Crosse County7
- Lafayette County7
- Monroe County7
- Buffalo County6
- Columbia County6
- Dane County6
- Dodge County6
- Jefferson County6
- Richland County6
- Rock County6
- Sheboygan County6
- Vernon County6
- Washington County6
- Pierce County6
- Milwaukee County5
- Clark County5
- Green Lake County5
- Jackson County5
- Marquette County5
- Sauk County5
32 more counties
- Taylor County5
- Trempealeau County5
- Walworth County5
- Chippewa County5
- Dunn County5
- Eau Claire County5
- Pepin County5
- Saint Croix County5
- Ozaukee County4
- Waukesha County4
- Marinette County4
- Oconto County4
- Marathon County3
- Portage County3
- Shawano County3
- Waushara County3
- Wood County3
- Rusk County3
- Menominee County2
- Waupaca County2
- Florence County2
- Forest County2
- Langlade County2
- Lincoln County2
- Oneida County2
- Price County2
- Sawyer County2
- Vilas County2
- Barron County2
- Polk County2
- Burnett County1
- Washburn County1
The latest blizzard warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:21 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:50 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:13 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more | 56 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:46 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:36 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 52 hr |
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.