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Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1988
26 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 26
- Busiest month
- May12 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 8, 198811 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Grant | 44 min |
| May 8, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Grant | 41 min |
| May 8, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 24 min |
| May 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Richland | 45 min |
| May 8, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Juneau, Sauk | 29 min |
| May 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Dane, Green | 40 min |
| May 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Columbia | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 8, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dodge | 41 min |
| May 8, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon, Portage | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 51 min |
| May 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Washington, Waukesha | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Oneida | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Vilas | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Ashland | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Manitowoc | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Calumet, Manitowoc | 38 min |
| Sep 19, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Adams, Waushara | 47 min |
| Sep 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Marathon | 32 min |
| Sep 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Waupaca | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Marathon County3
- Manitowoc County3
- Grant County2
- Waukesha County2
- Monroe County1
- Richland County1
- Juneau County1
- Sauk County1
- Dane County1
- Green County1
- Columbia County1
- Jefferson County1
- Dodge County1
- Portage County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Washington County1
- Dunn County1
- Pierce County1
- Saint Croix County1
- Walworth County1
- Oneida County1
- Vilas County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Ashland County1
- Calumet County1
- Adams County1
- Waushara County1
- Outagamie County1
- Waupaca County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.