AT APRIL’S HALFWAY MARK, WISCONSIN ECLIPSES SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS RECORD FOR THE MONTH
Just halfway through the month of April, Wisconsin has already received more than a month’s worth of severe weather.
According to the State Climatology Office, the National Weather Service has issued over 150 severe weather warnings in Wisconsin so far this month, compared to the previous record of 123 in all of April 2002. There have also been more than 30 tornado warnings issued so far this month, eclipsing the total of 28 in all of April 2011. Wisconsin typically averages one tornado in April.
The National Weather Service will conduct damage surveys in the coming days to determine where tornadoes occurred.
