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Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1997

44 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
44
Busiest month
July31 tornado warnings
Busiest day
July 16, 199713 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
Jun 15, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningARXVernon32 min
Jun 15, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire37 min
Jun 15, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXEau Claire35 min
Jun 30, 12:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXEau Claire19 min
Jul 1, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBurnett61 min
Jul 1, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBurnett45 min
Jul 1, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford, Vernon43 min
Jul 1, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford49 min
Jul 1, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark47 min
Jul 2, 12:31 AM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon, Wood44 min
Jul 2, 12:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette63 min
Jul 5, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn30 min
Jul 5, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire43 min
Jul 5, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXEau Claire33 min
Jul 16, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBOneida47 min
Jul 16, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLincoln35 min
Jul 16, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade35 min
Jul 16, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSawyer47 min
Jul 16, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon46 min
Jul 16, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBShawano48 min
Jul 16, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMenominee36 min
Jul 16, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon36 min
Jul 16, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBPortage, Waupaca48 min
Jul 16, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBShawano35 min
Jul 16, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBPortage, Wood45 min
Jul 16, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWaushara36 min
Jul 16, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake46 min
Jul 18, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXWalworth46 min
Jul 18, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRacine38 min
Jul 18, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXKenosha47 min
Jul 20, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningARXLa Crosse48 min
Jul 25, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Jefferson29 min
Jul 25, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Jefferson34 min
Jul 25, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Jefferson32 min
Jul 25, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Dodge, Jefferson63 min
Aug 14, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPepin, Pierce37 min
Aug 15, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningARXBuffalo49 min
Aug 23, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau46 min
Aug 23, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningARXLa Crosse47 min
Aug 23, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix36 min
Aug 23, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningARXBuffalo45 min
Aug 23, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningARXLa Crosse32 min
Aug 23, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce31 min
Sep 1, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBurnett25 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 16, 199713tornado warnings
  2. July 2, 19977tornado warnings
  3. July 26, 19974tornado warnings
  4. August 24, 19974tornado warnings
  5. June 15, 19973tornado warnings
  6. July 18, 19973tornado warnings
  7. July 5, 19972tornado warnings
  8. August 23, 19972tornado warnings
  9. June 30, 19971tornado warnings
  10. July 6, 19971tornado warnings
  11. July 21, 19971tornado warnings
  12. August 15, 19971tornado warnings

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19961998

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.