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Tornado Watch 103

April 13, 202611 counties in Iowa; 19 counties in Minnesota; 34 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 13, 2026, 3:11 PM CDT for 11 counties in Iowa; 19 counties in Minnesota; 34 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2026, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 3 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 64 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes: 70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 40%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

100 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	41 min
Apr 13, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Goodhue	43 min
Apr 13, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MPX	Rice	35 min
Apr 13, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Rice	35 min
Apr 13, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Goodhue	58 min
Apr 13, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pepin, Pierce	43 min
Apr 13, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon, Portage	53 min
Apr 13, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Goodhue	61 min
Apr 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	17 min
Apr 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Shawano, Waupaca	62 min
Apr 13, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon	59 min
Apr 13, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	1 min
Apr 13, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	20 min
Apr 13, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin, Pierce	32 min
Apr 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Goodhue	5 hr
Apr 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin	44 min
Apr 13, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	42 min
Apr 13, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Wood	57 min
Apr 13, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	53 min
Apr 13, 5:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRB	Marathon, Portage, Wood	5 hr
Apr 13, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	48 min
Apr 13, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Rusk	33 min
Apr 13, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	60 min
Apr 13, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	44 min
Apr 13, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Taylor	54 min
Apr 13, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet	50 min
Apr 13, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon, Wood	48 min
Apr 13, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Langlade, Marathon, Shawano	48 min
Apr 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Clark	24 min
Apr 13, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pepin	49 min
Apr 13, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Taylor	11 min
Apr 13, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet	34 min
Apr 13, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	64 min
Apr 13, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Martin, Watonwan	47 min
Apr 13, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice	61 min
Apr 13, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	56 min
Apr 13, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Palo Alto	36 min
Apr 13, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	48 min
Apr 13, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Taylor	42 min
Apr 13, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Waupaca	41 min
Apr 13, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Taylor	20 min
Apr 13, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	24 min
Apr 13, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	65 min
Apr 13, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin	47 min
Apr 13, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	42 min
Apr 13, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth	21 min
Apr 13, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	65 min
Apr 13, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Watonwan	58 min
Apr 13, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Jackson	33 min
Apr 13, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln, Marathon	35 min
Apr 13, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Watonwan	67 min
Apr 13, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Emmet, Palo Alto	23 min
Apr 13, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Rice, Steele, Waseca	42 min
Apr 13, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	71 min
Apr 13, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca	41 min
Apr 13, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth	25 min
Apr 13, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	53 min
Apr 13, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	67 min
Apr 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Marathon	29 min
Apr 13, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca	53 min
Apr 13, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth	37 min
Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Martin	35 min
Apr 13, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Faribault	49 min
Apr 13, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Lincoln, Marathon	14 min
Apr 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Steele	53 min
Apr 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GRB	Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca	38 min
Apr 13, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca	44 min
Apr 13, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, Monroe	56 min
Apr 13, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Clark	38 min
Apr 13, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Kossuth, Winnebago	37 min
Apr 13, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge	66 min
Apr 13, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan	23 min
Apr 13, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago	49 min
Apr 13, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Shawano, Waupaca	49 min
Apr 13, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Waseca	29 min
Apr 13, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	60 min
Apr 13, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago	12 min
Apr 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Palo Alto, Pocahontas	40 min
Apr 13, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DMX	Palo Alto	38 min
Apr 13, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Wood	47 min
Apr 13, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Winnebago, Worth	27 min
Apr 13, 8:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	GRB	Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca	8 hr
Apr 13, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Freeborn	51 min
Apr 13, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Winnebago, Worth	46 min
Apr 13, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Mitchell	62 min
Apr 13, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Winnebago	32 min
Apr 13, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	32 min
Apr 13, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, Juneau, Monroe	46 min
Apr 13, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Hancock, Winnebago	28 min
Apr 13, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Wood	35 min
Apr 13, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Monroe	41 min
Apr 13, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Dodge, Mower, Olmsted	27 min
Apr 13, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Martin	17 min
Apr 13, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ARX	Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Winona	40 min
Apr 13, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	13 min
Apr 13, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRB	Portage, Waushara, Wood	50 min
Apr 13, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Mower	48 min
Apr 13, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston	63 min
Apr 13, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Hancock	44 min
Apr 13, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston	24 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 11:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clinton, Des Moines, Scott	87 min
Apr 13, 1:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Winneshiek	93 min
Apr 13, 2:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lyon, Sioux	93 min
Apr 13, 2:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dickinson, Emmet, Winnebago, Worth	91 min
Apr 13, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 1 more	5 hr
Apr 13, 5:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Wabasha	89 min
Apr 13, 6:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Steele and 2 more	88 min
Apr 13, 4:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano	117 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.