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Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1987

22 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
22
Busiest month
July9 tornado warnings
Busiest day
July 29, 19874 tornado warnings

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix41 min
May 21, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXJefferson34 min
May 27, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWalworth32 min
May 29, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSaint Croix32 min
May 29, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix34 min
Jun 18, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNGrant65 min
Jun 24, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBAdams12 min
Jul 2, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBSauk35 min
Jul 6, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSaint Croix33 min
Jul 7, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBAdams, Juneau32 min
Jul 12, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBManitowoc36 min
Jul 20, 2:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBBrown, Outagamie53 min
Jul 29, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWashington49 min
Jul 29, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXOzaukee43 min
Jul 29, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWaukesha40 min
Jul 29, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXClark43 min
Aug 15, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee37 min
Aug 16, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha50 min
Aug 16, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRacine60 min
Aug 16, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXKenosha33 min
Aug 29, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBurnett57 min
Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBDane, Green23 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. July 29, 19874tornado warnings
  2. August 17, 19873tornado warnings
  3. May 29, 19872tornado warnings
  4. May 14, 19871tornado warnings
  5. May 22, 19871tornado warnings
  6. May 27, 19871tornado warnings
  7. June 18, 19871tornado warnings
  8. June 24, 19871tornado warnings
  9. July 2, 19871tornado warnings
  10. July 6, 19871tornado warnings
  11. July 7, 19871tornado warnings
  12. July 12, 19871tornado warnings

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. Rebuilt daily.