River Flood Watches in Wisconsin
480 river 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 river flood watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 480
- Busiest year
- 200858 river flood watches
- Average year
- 23over 21 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.
- Rock County71
- Jefferson County63
- Kenosha County61
- Green County52
- Sauk County36
- Racine County33
- Buffalo County27
- Columbia County26
- Crawford County26
- Trempealeau County26
- Lafayette County20
- La Crosse County17
- Vernon County17
- Juneau County16
- Ozaukee County12
- Pierce County11
- Jackson County11
- Green Lake County10
- Grant County10
- Iowa County9
- Waushara County8
- Sheboygan County7
- Marinette County7
- Milwaukee County6
- Winnebago County6
- Richland County6
- Pepin County5
- Florence County3
- Waukesha County3
- Ashland County3
- Iron County3
- Eau Claire County2
- Adams County2
- Saint Croix County1
- Burnett County1
The latest river flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Milwaukee | 8 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Kenosha | 22 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Green | 16 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Racine | 9 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Rock | 22 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Green, Rock | 22 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Crawford | 24 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:34 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Crawford | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:49 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | ARX | Jackson | 13 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:26 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Columbia | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:40 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Green Lake | 66 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:45 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 34 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.