Alert archive / Wisconsin / Buffalo County
Weather alerts in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, 2025
101 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Buffalo County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 32
- Busiest month
- August15 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20256 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Buffalo County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.
Buffalo County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 7 | 59% | 10 | 90% | 32 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS La Crosse, WI: tornado warnings | 20 | 4 | 80% | 20 | 40% | 14 min |
| NWS La Crosse, WI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 133 | 60 | 55% | 194 | 77% | 22 min |
| NWS La Crosse, WI: flash flood warnings | 13 | 8 | 38% | 18 | 89% | 55 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 1:42 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | 3 days |
| Jan 19, 1:55 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | ARX | 46 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:34 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | 12 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:22 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 7 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:16 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | 15 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:37 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 33 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 39 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:51 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 50 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:11 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | 42 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:11 AM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | ARX | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:25 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | ARX | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:33 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | 33 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:17 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | 29 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 33 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 39 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 3:31 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 35 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:16 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 31 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 6:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 21 min |
| Mar 28, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 3:09 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 28, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 25 min |
| May 15, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 15, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 46 min |
| May 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 34 min |
| May 15, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | 20 min |
| May 15, 3:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| May 15, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 1:49 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | ARX | 37 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 12:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:51 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | 4 days |
| Jun 25, 11:03 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 25, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 26, 11:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 3, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 1:24 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | 31 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | 97 min |
| Jul 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 28, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 11:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | 17 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 15, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 7:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 16, 7:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 16, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 17, 3:00 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | 19 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | 12 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | 3 days |
| Aug 19, 1:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 7 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 9 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:01 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 7 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:50 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:46 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 30 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:01 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 31 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:51 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | 30 hr |
| Oct 30, 7:08 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:06 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 18 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | 36 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:46 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 35 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:31 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 63 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 41 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:31 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | 68 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:22 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 13 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:21 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 8 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:32 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:44 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 42 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 11 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 56 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:17 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 40 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
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 | 17 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 21 |
| Special Weather Statement | 4 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 1 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.