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Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2002
60 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 60
- Busiest month
- April18 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 18, 200217 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 5:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn | 21 min |
| Apr 18, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oneida | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Forest | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Price | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Price | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Iron | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Price | 16 min |
| Apr 18, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oneida, Vilas | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 34 min |
| May 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Waupaca | 34 min |
| May 6, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Winnebago | 47 min |
| May 6, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Calumet | 29 min |
| May 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 40 min |
| May 8, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford | 53 min |
| May 26, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Taylor | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 63 min |
| Jul 30, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Shawano | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Taylor | 54 min |
| Sep 2, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rusk | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Price | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Taylor | 64 min |
| Sep 2, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 52 min |
| Sep 2, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade, Marathon, Shawano | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 53 min |
| Sep 2, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 53 min |
| Sep 30, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest | 47 min |
| Sep 30, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Taylor | 30 min |
| Sep 30, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Price | 56 min |
| Sep 30, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Price | 56 min |
| Sep 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Sep 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark | 48 min |
| Sep 30, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon, Wood | 45 min |
| Sep 30, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Oneida | 61 min |
| Sep 30, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Sep 30, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Wood | 30 min |
| Sep 30, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Wood | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Marathon County8
- Price County6
- Lafayette County4
- Columbia County4
- Lincoln County4
- Oneida County4
- Taylor County4
- Polk County3
- Burnett County3
- Washburn County3
- Fond du Lac County3
- Wood County3
- Sauk County2
- Forest County2
- Buffalo County2
- Langlade County2
- Shawano County2
- Dunn County1
- Grant County1
- Green County1
- Rock County1
- Iron County1
- Vilas County1
- Waupaca County1
- Outagamie County1
- Winnebago County1
- Calumet County1
- Crawford County1
- Trempealeau County1
- Dodge County1
- Saint Croix County1
- Green Lake County1
- Rusk County1
- Florence County1
- Clark 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. Rebuilt daily.