A Wisconsin meteorologist was live on the air warning people about a tornado when he realized the storm was headed straight to his mother's house.

Severe weather on Aug. 8 could include damaging winds, large hail and even a couple tornadoes, forecasters said.

The National Weather Service placed Milwaukee and large swaths of southeastern, south-central, and east-central Wisconsin ...

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That tornado, with estimated winds of 70 mph, began near the intersection of County Road E and West Hillcrest Road at 3:22 p.m., according to an NWS storm survey.

Prior to Wednesday, 26 tornadoes had already been confirmed in Wisconsin so far this year. That's already more than their yearly average of 23 tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.

It looks like 2025 is on pace to match last year's total. But this year more damaging tornadoes have come at a higher frequency, with four EF2 tornadoes already compared to three in all of last year.

That number of 31 equals the average tornadoes per year since 2020 — and it's not even August. Wisconsin tornadoes by year So how does 2025 compare to the past few years individually?

Twenty years ago, Wisconsin experienced a historic tornado outbreak when 27 tornadoes carved paths of destruction across the state, causing more than $50 million in damage. The National Weather ...

On this Monday in 2005, Wisconsin experienced the most tornadoes in one day — 27 — including what was then an F-3 tornado ...