Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, August 1988
33 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1988. 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 33
- Busiest day
- August 4, 198810 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, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Oneida, Vilas | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Outagamie | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door, Kewaunee | 21 min |
| Aug 15, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Iowa, Richland | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette, Oconto | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Outagamie, Shawano | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Kewaunee | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waupaca, Winnebago | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia, Dane | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 62 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Winnebago County3
- Racine County3
- Marinette County3
- Fond du Lac County3
- Milwaukee County3
- Brown County2
- Outagamie County2
- Dodge County2
- Kenosha County2
- Door County2
- Kewaunee County2
- Douglas County1
- Portage County1
- Oneida County1
- Vilas County1
- Dunn County1
- Chippewa County1
- Eau Claire County1
- Polk County1
- Pierce County1
- Saint Croix County1
- Iowa County1
- Richland County1
- Langlade County1
- Forest County1
- Oconto County1
- Calumet County1
- Shawano County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Waupaca County1
- Columbia County1
- Dane 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.