Alert archive / Wisconsin / Milwaukee County
Weather alerts in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 2023
90 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 90
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest month
- August17 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 24, 20235 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, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 6 | 33% | 11 | 55% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Milwaukee, WI: tornado warnings | 13 | 4 | 69% | 26 | 46% | 16 min |
| NWS Milwaukee, WI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 102 | 54 | 47% | 156 | 71% | 23 min |
| NWS Milwaukee, WI: flash flood warnings | 7 | 2 | 71% | 6 | 67% | 23 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 3, 5:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | 4 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:10 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | 25 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | 37 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MKX | 25 hr |
| Jan 28, 8:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:14 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MKX | 20 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:05 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MKX | 32 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | 11 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:16 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MKX | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:57 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MKX | 34 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | 23 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MKX | 46 hr |
| Feb 22, 8:46 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:27 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | 10 hr |
| Feb 27, 8:36 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | 4 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MKX | 21 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:44 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MKX | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:03 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MKX | 22 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | 11 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:12 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | 43 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MKX | 33 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:47 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | 32 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:38 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MKX | 25 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 12:41 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MKX | 15 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 6:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | 21 min |
| Apr 11, 2:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MKX | 12 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MKX | 17 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MKX | 13 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MKX | 17 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 20, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 20, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | 26 min |
| May 9, 1:52 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 7 hr |
| May 24, 3:25 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 28 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:22 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 49 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:57 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 28 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 5, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 3:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:25 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 9:04 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 22 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 2:09 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MKX | 33 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 47 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | MKX | 61 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:20 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MKX | 64 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 5:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | 118 min |
| Aug 25, 3:04 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 40 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:38 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 55 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:01 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 25 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | 30 min |
| Sep 19, 2:22 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 20 hr |
| Sep 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 18 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:27 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | 43 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:10 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MKX | 19 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:32 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MKX | 18 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:43 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MKX | 31 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:35 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:02 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 10 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:04 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 22 hr |
| Dec 30, 6:04 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | 18 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 | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 13 |
| Special Weather Statement | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 5 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 12 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.