Alert archive / Wisconsin / Milwaukee County

Weather alerts in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 2016

100 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Milwaukee County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
100
Warnings
10
Watches
13
Advisories
33
Busiest month
July25 alerts
Busiest day
July 21, 20168 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Milwaukee County, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings220%838%11 min
Flash flood warnings2150%250%6 min

Each office's whole area, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Milwaukee, WI: tornado warnings20100%10%
NWS Milwaukee, WI: severe thunderstorm warnings864152%18471%26 min
NWS Milwaukee, WI: flash flood warnings9544%1385%63 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 7:26 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX16 hr
Jan 16, 4:53 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMKX55 hr
Feb 1, 8:06 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX8 hr
Feb 2, 11:42 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX6 hr
Feb 12, 3:27 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMKX30 hr
Feb 18, 3:08 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMKX29 hr
Feb 19, 9:40 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningMKX8 hr
Feb 24, 3:03 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMKX18 hr
Feb 29, 3:39 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningMKX24 hr
Feb 29, 3:39 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKX37 hr
Mar 15, 4:16 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchMKX23 hr
Mar 15, 5:31 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX3 hr
Mar 16, 3:33 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMKX16 hr
Mar 23, 4:17 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKX36 hr
Mar 31, 10:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Mar 31, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX26 min
Mar 31, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX27 min
Apr 1, 2:15 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMKX28 hr
Apr 8, 11:21 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKX11 hr
Apr 9, 3:34 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKX16 hr
Apr 22, 3:36 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryMKX28 hr
Apr 25, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 25, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 25, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX26 min
Apr 25, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX43 min
Apr 25, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
May 10, 11:29 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX13 hr
May 11, 8:47 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX6 hr
May 14, 3:00 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryMKX29 hr
May 17, 3:13 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryMKX17 hr
May 28, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 28, 8:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
May 28, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX46 min
May 28, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX35 min
May 28, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX30 min
Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKX54 min
Jun 10, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX76 min
Jun 10, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX33 min
Jun 15, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX30 min
Jun 22, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX44 min
Jun 28, 3:50 AM CDTBeach Hazards StatementMKX15 hr
Jul 1, 3:42 AM CDTBeach Hazards StatementMKX12 hr
Jul 5, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 6, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX27 min
Jul 6, 1:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 7:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 7:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX36 min
Jul 18, 3:18 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchMKX44 hr
Jul 20, 11:32 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningMKX51 hr
Jul 21, 8:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 21, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 21, 10:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX29 min
Jul 21, 11:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 21, 11:42 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMKX31 hr
Jul 21, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 21, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jul 21, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX54 min
Jul 21, 8:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jul 21, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX88 min
Jul 23, 3:43 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMKX39 hr
Jul 23, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 23, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX24 min
Jul 24, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX47 min
Jul 24, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 27, 12:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 29, 12:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKX3 hr
Aug 3, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX60 min
Aug 4, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 12, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMKX14 hr
Aug 19, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX63 min
Aug 20, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX30 min
Aug 23, 3:05 AM CDTBeach Hazards StatementMKX19 hr
Aug 28, 12:36 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX9 hr
Aug 30, 1:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX54 min
Aug 30, 1:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKX60 min
Aug 30, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX88 min
Aug 30, 2:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKX60 min
Aug 31, 4:34 PM CDTBeach Hazards StatementMKX38 hr
Sep 7, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKX29 min
Sep 7, 5:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKX3 hr
Sep 7, 5:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKX3 hr
Sep 19, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Sep 19, 5:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Sep 19, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX34 min
Sep 21, 5:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX40 min
Sep 25, 2:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 25, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKX34 min
Oct 13, 11:27 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryMKX22 hr
Oct 16, 6:58 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX8 hr
Nov 18, 9:28 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMKX30 hr
Nov 27, 6:16 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX5 hr
Dec 3, 1:55 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKX31 hr
Dec 9, 10:58 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchMKX27 hr
Dec 10, 2:08 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningMKX32 hr
Dec 14, 4:04 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMKX30 hr
Dec 14, 1:45 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchMKX21 hr
Dec 15, 10:17 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningMKX62 hr
Dec 17, 3:10 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMKX43 hr
Dec 25, 9:24 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMKX23 hr
Dec 26, 2:35 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMKX5 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.