Alert archive / Wisconsin

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin

912 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
912
Busiest year
200652 severe thunderstorm watches
Average year
30over 30 years on file

Over time

By year

Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.

By month of the year

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

32 more counties

The latest severe thunderstorm watches

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 8 more5 hr
Aug 25, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk and 3 more6 hr
Aug 21, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 6 more9 hr
Aug 18, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 27 more6 hr
Aug 11, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 9 more6 hr
Aug 9, 9:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 6 more6 hr
Aug 7, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln and 7 more5 hr
Jul 27, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 5 more7 hr
Jul 27, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 11 more5 hr
Jul 27, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Bayfield, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Iron and 11 more8 hr
Jul 8, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Clark, Columbia and 35 more8 hr
Jul 3, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha6 hr

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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.