Tornado in Wisconsin
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Wisconsin, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in Wisconsin.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 1,820
- Deaths
- 98
- Injuries
- 1,646
- Damage
- $1.1 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, June 4, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 7, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 3, 1956
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, September 26, 1951
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 4, 1981
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, May 10, 1953
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 27, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, August 11, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 21, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, April 11, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 15, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 8, 1985
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, June 25, 1950
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 30, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 19, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 12, 1985
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996A violent tornado struck the village of Oakfield at about 1815CST after it touched down 4 miles WNW of the village. During its approach on Oakfield it intensified to a F3 rating.
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 18, 2001The tornado touched down at 806 pm local daylight time 1.5 miles east of Grantsburg and traveled east at an average speed of 40 mph through the village of Siren to the Washburn County line, then continued on to a point 3 miles west of Spooner.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 29, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 22, 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 18, 2005The largest single-day tornado outbreak in Wisconsin recorded history for south-central and southeast Wisconsin occurred on August 18, 2005. Sixteen tornadoes were documented on this day in south-central and southeast Wisconsin, a new single-day record.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 16, 2017Severe thunderstorms developed along a warm-front in Southern Minnesota during the afternoon. During the late-afternoon and evening, storms continued to progress eastward and develop over Northwestern Wisconsin.
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 23, 1952
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 3, 1983
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, April 19, 1957
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.