Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2021
57 tornado warnings in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 57
- Busiest month
- August24 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 29, 202115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe | 17 min |
| Jul 14, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Burnett | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Portage, Waupaca | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Winnebago | 16 min |
| Jul 28, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 20 min |
| Jul 29, 12:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 1:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 1:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Iowa | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 19 min |
| Aug 7, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Columbia | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Iowa | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Outagamie, Shawano | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark | 17 min |
| Aug 11, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 20 min |
| Aug 11, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Brown, Oconto, Shawano | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau, Monroe | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Iowa | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 15 min |
| Aug 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 14 min |
| Sep 20, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 26 min |
| Sep 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 36 min |
| Sep 20, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 29 min |
| Sep 20, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield | 23 min |
| Sep 20, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark, Trempealeau | 19 min |
| Sep 20, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 28 min |
| Sep 20, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 24 min |
| Dec 15, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 47 min |
| Dec 15, 8:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 44 min |
| Dec 15, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 28 min |
| Dec 15, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark | 38 min |
| Dec 15, 9:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Marathon County7
- Bayfield County5
- Columbia County4
- Grant County4
- Iowa County4
- Clark County4
- Crawford County3
- Monroe County3
- Dane County3
- Walworth County3
- Buffalo County3
- Trempealeau County3
- Portage County2
- Saint Croix County2
- Dodge County2
- Jefferson County2
- Waukesha County2
- Rock County2
- Shawano County2
- Juneau County2
- Lafayette County2
- Dunn County2
- Pepin County2
- Douglas County2
- Jackson County1
- La Crosse County1
- Marquette County1
- Burnett County1
- Polk County1
- Chippewa County1
- Waupaca County1
- Winnebago County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Racine County1
- Outagamie County1
- Marinette County1
- Langlade County1
- Lincoln County1
- Brown 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.