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Strong to Severe Storms in the Upper Midwest; Bering Sea Low Continues to Impact Southwest Alaska

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday across central and eastern Minnesota, Iowa, and western Wisconsin. A few tornadoes, isolated very large hail, and damaging winds may occur. In southwest Alaska, a Bering Sea low continues to cause strong winds, significant rainfall, and high seas, with further impacts expected Friday into the weekend from a North Pacific storm. Read More >

Updated 9/10/24

2024 Update: The NWS Twin Cities office received extra information from the August 29th severe weather event and extended a path of a tornado to southeast of Prescott and also raised the level of the Beldenville tornado to an EF-1 for 90mph.  These 3 tornadoes brings the yearly count for the state up to 45 tornadoes on the year, which is the third highest documented amount of tornadoes in Wisconsin's history behind 2005 (62) and 2010 (46) .  On average, Wisconsin has 23 tornadoes that occur throughout the full year. 

Wisconsin Tornadoes 2024:  Updated 3/1/24 Wisconsin Tornadoes 2024 Listing: Updated 3/1/24
  Wisconsin Tornadoes 2024 Listing: Updated 7/2/24

 

Previous Years

Wisconsin Tornadoes 2023 Wisconsin Tornadoes 2023
Wisconsin Tornadoes 2022 Wisconsin Tornadoes 2022
Wisconsin Tornadoes 2021 Wisconsin Tornadoes 2021
  Wisconsin 2021 Tornado Listing for Tornadoes 27 through 41
Wisconsin Tornadoes 2020 Wisconsin Tornadoes 2020
Wisconsin Tornadoes 2019 Wisconsin Tornadoes 2019 Listing
2018 Wisconsin Tornadoes Map 2018 Wisconsin Tornado Listing 1
2018 Wisconsin Tornado Listing 2
2017 Wisconsin Tornadoes Map 2017 Wisconsin Tornado Listing
2016 Wisconsin Tornado Map 2016 Wisconsin Tornado Listing
2015 Wisconsin Tornadoes 2015 Wisconsin Tornadoes List
2014 Wisconsin Tornado Map 2014 Wisconsin Tornado List

 

Random Stats

Number of F0, 1 , or Unknown Tornadoes in Wisconsin
Number of F2 or higher tornadoes per year in Wisconsin

 

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