Flash Flood Watches in Wisconsin
240 flash flood watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 240
- Busiest year
- 201025 flash flood watches
- Average year
- 14over 17 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Crawford County58
- Grant County57
- Richland County56
- Vernon County53
- La Crosse County48
- Buffalo County44
- Trempealeau County44
- Green County43
- Lafayette County43
- Monroe County43
- Pierce County40
- Jackson County39
- Iowa County38
- Rock County38
- Dane County37
- Sauk County36
- Walworth County36
- Adams County35
- Kenosha County35
- Pepin County35
- Juneau County34
- Racine County34
- Saint Croix County34
- Dunn County33
- Milwaukee County33
- Waukesha County33
- Columbia County32
- Jefferson County32
- Eau Claire County30
- Clark County29
- Chippewa County28
- Dodge County28
- Ozaukee County26
- Washington County26
- Marquette County25
- Polk County24
- Taylor County24
- Sawyer County23
- Fond du Lac County22
- Rusk County22
32 more counties
- Washburn County22
- Burnett County22
- Portage County22
- Waushara County22
- Wood County22
- Green Lake County21
- Barron County20
- Sheboygan County20
- Douglas County20
- Manitowoc County20
- Ashland County19
- Price County19
- Calumet County19
- Waupaca County19
- Winnebago County19
- Bayfield County18
- Iron County17
- Brown County17
- Kewaunee County17
- Marathon County17
- Outagamie County17
- Shawano County14
- Lincoln County11
- Langlade County9
- Menominee County9
- Oconto County8
- Oneida County7
- Marinette County6
- Vilas County6
- Door County4
- Florence County4
- Forest County4
The latest flash flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 66 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GRB | Shawano, Waupaca | 25 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GRB | Waupaca | 3 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.