Twice this week, tornado sirens incorrectly went off in Winnebago County. The first false alarm was on Saturday, and the ...

A Feb. 21-22, 1971 outbreak claimed 121 lives from Texas to North Carolina, the deadliest February rash of tornadoes in ...

The tornado was part of a storm system tracking across southern Wisconsin that has resulted in strong winds, lightning and hail. Nearly two dozen local police, fire, paramedics and service ...

First installed in the 1950s, they were developed for Cold War air raid warnings, but in the 1970s, the sirens transitioned to outdoor warning alerts.

Wisconsin saw record low ice cover on Lakes Michigan and Superior, the state's first February tornado, and one of the wettest ...

That doesn’t seem to be the case in northern Wisconsin, where a 40-mile-long scar still remains from a strong tornado which tore through thousands of acres of forest over a decade ago.

Wisconsin's weather in 2024 was a year to remember, marked by record-breaking extremes, unseasonable surprises and the resilience of communities statewide. From February tornadoes to summer heat and a ...

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Tornadoes in February. A soggy spring that morphed into deepening drought in the fall. 2024 marked an unprecedented series of extreme weather events, and historic highs and lows in Wisconsin.