Tornado History Map

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin tornado history

21 tornadoes recorded in or across Milwaukee County from 1958 to 2022, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Milwaukee County

The Storm Prediction Center records 21 tornadoes whose paths touched Milwaukee County, Wisconsin between 1958 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is August, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 29 June 1969. The most recent was on 12 October 2022.

  • 21tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 178injuries
  • 870per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Milwaukee County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0314%
F1 / EF11048%
F2 / EF2838%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Milwaukee County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1960s.1950s21960s61970s61980s42000s22020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s6
1970s6
1980s4
2000s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr1May1Jun1Jul5Aug8Sep2Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May1
Jun1
Jul5
Aug8
Sep2
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Milwaukee County

  • Strongest: Wisconsin tornado29 June 1969, F2, 13.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Wisconsin tornado14 July 1972, F1, 34 miles long
  • Most recent: Wisconsin tornado12 October 2022, EF0, 3.1 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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