Wisconsin storm events
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Wisconsin between 1950 and 2025, sourced from NOAA's Storm Events Database.
44,926
Storm events
1,773
Tornadoes
0
Hurricanes
544
Deaths
Significant recent events in Wisconsin
Events with deaths, multiple injuries, $1M+ property damage, or EF3+ tornadoes.
This winter storm brought between 5 and 7 inches of snowfall to Jackson County over the course of November 29th and 30th. The highest snowfall report in the county was around 4 miles west of Melrose where 6.8 inches was observed. Additionally, a vehicle accident on Interstate 94 …
A 3-vehicle accident resulted in 1 fatality during the morning hours along highway 53 north of Holmen in northern La Crosse County on October 30th. At the time of the incident, dense river valley fog was ongoing in the Mississippi River Valley with visibility reduced to less than…
An employee of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was struck by lightning when working outside near the New Fane hiking trail. The lightning strike was fatal.
Flash flooding of streets, creeks, rivers, and low lying neighborhoods in Germantown and surrounding areas. More specifically, the flash flooding of the Menomonee River and its tributaries flooded and closed portions of many roads. This included portions of County Line Road, a la…
Flash flooding of streets, creeks, rivers, and low lying neighborhoods in West Bend and other communities over northern Washington County. Some vehicles were stranded in relatively deep, still water. The neighborhoods near the Silverbrook Creek Parkway experienced the worst of th…
A continuation of flooding of streets, creeks, rivers, low lying neighborhoods, and basements in Germantown and surrounding communities. Additional showers and storms aggravated the flooding. Some vehicles stranded in relatively deep, still water. More specifically, the flooding …
Continuation of widespread flash flooding impacts occurring countywide. Delayed flash flooding onset across far northern portions of Milwaukee County, where heavy rain arrived later in the overnight hours of August 9-10, 2025. Additional numerous reports of flash flooding near ri…
Widespread flash flooding of streets, creeks, rivers, and low lying neighborhoods and homes occurred especially in New Berlin, Brookfield, Butler, Menomonee Falls, Elm Grove, and Muskego. Some of the more notable creeks or rivers that flooded were the Fox and Menomonee Rivers and…
Widespread flash flooding of streets, creeks, rivers, and low lying neighborhoods and homes occurred especially in New Berlin, Brookfield, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, Pewaukee, Merton, and Muskego. Some of the more notable creeks or rivers that flooded were the Fox River, Jewel Cr…
Widespread and numerous reports of flash flooding in streets, in addition to rivers, creeks, and streams across the southern two thirds of Milwaukee County. 1800 homes were classified as major damage or destroyed due to flash flooding of the Lincoln and Honey Creeks. Many instanc…
The Racine Sheriff's Office said the 15-year-old went under while swimming at Carre-Hogle Park (2 S Racine in Racine County) and did not resurface. She was later pulled from the water approximately 20 feet from shore. Reported conditions were very poor, with 20'25 mph sustained w…
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree onto a 9-year-old child on the west side of Green Bay. The person was taken to the hospital and passed away from the injuries. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
Extensive damage path from this tornado which started southwest of Juneau, went through the north side of downtown Juneau, to the south of Horicon, hitting the Horicon Hills Golf Club, before ending east of Horicon along Highway 33. The most intense damage was in the city of June…
Tornado began on the north end of the Dodge County Airport, damaging 5 airport hangars and one airplane. The tornado continued east and went through the far south side of Horicon near River Bend Park, causing mainly tree damage along the rest of its path along with some minor bar…
Tornado began southwest of Mayville just west of Highway 28 which was also captured on video as a potential multi-vortex tornado. Some of the more intense damage occurred shortly after the tornado developed and crossed County Rd TW on into southwest Mayville in an industrial area…
Counties and zones
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Adams (463)
Ashland (479)
Barron (549)
Bayfield (570)
Brown (578)
Buffalo (491)
Burnett (470)
Calumet (419)
Chippewa (571)
Clark (631)
Columbia (907)
Crawford (524)
Dane (1,667)
Dodge (1,053)
Door (434)
Douglas (534)
Dunn (492)
Dunn and Barron (1)
Eau Claire (427)
Florence (254)
Fond Du Lac (846)
Forest (354)
Grant (968)
Green (847)
Green Lake (586)
Iowa (773)
Iron (434)
Jackson (547)
Jefferson (1,059)
Juneau (533)
Kenosha (810)
Kewaunee (293)
La Crosse (822)
Lafayette (749)
Langlade (393)
Langlade and Oconto (3)
Lincoln (470)
Manitowoc (445)
Marathon (838)
Marinette (319)
Marquette (597)
Menominee (139)
Menominee (c) (67)
Milwaukee (1,081)
Monroe (671)
Northern Marinette (137)
Northern Oconto (124)
Oconto (287)
Oneida (572)
Outagamie (637)
Ozaukee (658)
Pepin (249)
Pierce (471)
Polk (505)
Portage (499)
Price (503)
Racine (882)
Richland (387)
Rock (1,167)
Rusk (318)
Sauk (910)
Sawyer (545)
Shawano (445)
Sheboygan (714)
Southern Marinette (106)
Southern Oconto (93)
St. Croix (564)
Taylor (436)
Trempealeau (727)
Vernon (738)
Vilas (548)
Walworth (989)
Washburn (408)
Washington (859)
Waukesha (1,217)
Waupaca (519)
Waushara (421)
Winnebago (575)
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Wood (523)