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Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2025

81 tornado warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
81
Busiest month
May34 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 15, 202533 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
Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Rock16 min
Apr 2, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane30 min
Apr 28, 7:38 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXEau Claire37 min
Apr 28, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire28 min
Apr 28, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark40 min
Apr 28, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark34 min
Apr 28, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon, Wood41 min
Apr 28, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano39 min
May 15, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce22 min
May 15, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce14 min
May 15, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSaint Croix23 min
May 15, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningARXBuffalo20 min
May 15, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce30 min
May 15, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix35 min
May 15, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin30 min
May 15, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn20 min
May 15, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk26 min
May 15, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk26 min
May 15, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire25 min
May 15, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk27 min
May 15, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark45 min
May 15, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette46 min
May 15, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHDouglas30 min
May 15, 5:06 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXClark39 min
May 15, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAdams24 min
May 15, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBPortage, Wood49 min
May 15, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon, Wood48 min
May 15, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAshland, Sawyer26 min
May 15, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon51 min
May 15, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge49 min
May 15, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake26 min
May 15, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield, Sawyer24 min
May 15, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningARXTaylor30 min
May 15, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon, Portage44 min
May 15, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBPortage, Waupaca, Waushara44 min
May 15, 6:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Washington28 min
May 15, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon55 min
May 15, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac16 min
May 15, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBPortage34 min
May 15, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLincoln17 min
May 15, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac, Sheboygan37 min
May 15, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade, Lincoln26 min
Jun 3, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee, Oconto12 min
Jun 16, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSawyer, Washburn23 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningARXLa Crosse, Trempealeau21 min
Jun 25, 6:06 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXLa Crosse, Vernon24 min
Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningARXLa Crosse, Monroe30 min
Jun 25, 7:18 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXVernon27 min
Jun 26, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningARXJuneau, Monroe, Vernon29 min
Jun 26, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningARXJuneau, Vernon14 min
Jun 26, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk14 min
Jul 11, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant16 min
Jul 11, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXLafayette46 min
Jul 11, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXLafayette51 min
Jul 11, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXLafayette32 min
Jul 11, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen, Lafayette43 min
Jul 11, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen, Rock29 min
Jul 11, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Jefferson, Rock48 min
Jul 15, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAshland, Price, Sawyer28 min
Jul 15, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAshland, Iron, Price17 min
Jul 16, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXIowa35 min
Jul 16, 12:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMKXIowa31 min
Jul 16, 12:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen37 min
Jul 16, 12:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk34 min
Jul 16, 12:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMKXDane, Iowa, Sauk49 min
Jul 16, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Green, Rock46 min
Jul 16, 1:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMKXColumbia, Dane, Sauk21 min
Jul 16, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Jefferson25 min
Jul 16, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk42 min
Jul 16, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac26 min
Jul 16, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWaushara16 min
Jul 16, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette29 min
Jul 16, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge36 min
Jul 16, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge35 min
Jul 16, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac32 min
Jul 16, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge30 min
Jul 23, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon20 min
Jul 23, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBOutagamie, Waupaca31 min
Jul 23, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMenominee, Oconto, Shawano29 min
Jul 23, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBOconto34 min
Aug 9, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBBrown, Calumet10 min

By county

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

11 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 15, 202533tornado warnings
  2. July 16, 202518tornado warnings
  3. July 11, 20257tornado warnings
  4. April 29, 20256tornado warnings
  5. June 26, 20254tornado warnings
  6. July 23, 20254tornado warnings
  7. June 25, 20253tornado warnings
  8. April 2, 20252tornado warnings
  9. May 16, 20251tornado warnings
  10. June 3, 20251tornado warnings
  11. June 17, 20251tornado warnings
  12. August 9, 20251tornado warnings

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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.