Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, August 1987
19 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1987. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 19
- Busiest day
- August 16, 19876 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Forest, Langlade | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Florence | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane | 16 min |
| Aug 3, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia, Green Lake | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth, Washington, Waukesha | 72 min |
| Aug 16, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Burnett | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 67 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Columbia County3
- Dane County2
- Waukesha County2
- Kenosha County2
- Racine County2
- Burnett County2
- Forest County1
- Langlade County1
- Florence County1
- Green Lake County1
- Dodge County1
- Jefferson County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Walworth County1
- Washington County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Polk County1
- Douglas County1
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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.