Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, May 1989
77 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1989. 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 May 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 77
- Busiest day
- May 25, 198920 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield | 38 min |
| May 23, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 68 min |
| May 23, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Vilas | 37 min |
| May 23, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest | 56 min |
| May 23, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 65 min |
| May 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Oneida | 30 min |
| May 23, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Clark, Marathon, Taylor | 50 min |
| May 23, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau | 50 min |
| May 23, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon, Wood | 25 min |
| May 23, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 48 min |
| May 23, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 37 min |
| May 23, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Wood | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia | 30 min |
| May 24, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau | 48 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 66 min |
| May 24, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams | 44 min |
| May 24, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marquette, Waushara | 51 min |
| May 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 39 min |
| May 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Sauk | 51 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Marquette | 56 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green Lake | 56 min |
| May 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia | 40 min |
| May 24, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon, Wood | 53 min |
| May 24, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 55 min |
| May 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Portage | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca, Winnebago | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oconto, Shawano | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia, Sauk | 40 min |
| May 24, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marquette | 40 min |
| May 24, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane | 52 min |
| May 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson | 64 min |
| May 24, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Door, Kewaunee | 39 min |
| May 24, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan, Washington | 60 min |
| May 24, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 61 min |
| May 24, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 62 min |
| May 25, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 58 min |
| May 29, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 18 min |
| May 29, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Grant | 60 min |
| May 29, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 56 min |
| May 29, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Iowa, Richland, Sauk | 61 min |
| May 29, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pierce | 52 min |
| May 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 43 min |
| May 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 43 min |
| May 29, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Taylor | 41 min |
| May 29, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Clark | 53 min |
| May 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marathon, Portage, Wood | 62 min |
| May 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau | 65 min |
| May 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Marquette, Waushara | 66 min |
| May 29, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Winnebago | 64 min |
| May 29, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 34 min |
| May 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Sauk | 60 min |
| May 29, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Columbia, Green Lake | 68 min |
| May 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 46 min |
| May 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 47 min |
| May 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet | 32 min |
| May 29, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green Lake, Waushara | 52 min |
| May 29, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 34 min |
| May 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 25 min |
| May 29, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin | 32 min |
| May 29, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 20 min |
| May 30, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Juneau | 55 min |
| May 30, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Adams, Green Lake, Marquette | 51 min |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Grant | 58 min |
| May 30, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Menominee, Shawano | 20 min |
| May 30, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 20 min |
| May 30, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Grant | 37 min |
| May 30, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Iowa, Richland | 57 min |
| May 30, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Dane | 49 min |
| May 30, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 36 min |
| May 30, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Green, Rock | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 43 min |
| May 30, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 51 min |
| May 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Rock | 21 min |
| May 30, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Price, Sawyer | 58 min |
| May 30, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Eau Claire County5
- Marquette County5
- Marathon County4
- Juneau County4
- Wood County4
- Columbia County4
- Adams County4
- Sauk County4
- Green Lake County4
- Dunn County3
- Pierce County3
- Portage County3
- Waushara County3
- Outagamie County3
- Waupaca County3
- Winnebago County3
- Fond du Lac County3
- Dodge County3
- Crawford County3
- Grant County3
- Bayfield County2
- Clark County2
- Taylor County2
- Saint Croix County2
- Chippewa County2
- Shawano County2
- Dane County2
- Iowa County2
- Richland County2
- Buffalo County2
- Rock County2
- Ashland County1
- Vilas County1
- Florence County1
- Forest County1
- Jackson County1
- Trempealeau County1
- Oneida County1
- Oconto County1
- Jefferson County1
21 more counties
- Door County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Washington County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Waukesha County1
- Kenosha County1
- Racine County1
- Polk County1
- Barron County1
- Rusk County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Brown County1
- Calumet County1
- Pepin County1
- Menominee County1
- Green County1
- Walworth County1
- Price County1
- Sawyer 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.