Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 1997
30 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- June10 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- September 19, 19974 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Dodge, Door, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Green, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Dodge, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burnett | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Eau Claire and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn, Pepin and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire, Jackson, Juneau and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Burnett, Calumet and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kenosha, Racine | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas, Dunn and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Oneida and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix | 7 hr |
| Sep 19, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chippewa, Clark, Door, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette, Milwaukee and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pepin County12
- Vernon County11
- Dunn County11
- Walworth County10
- Chippewa County10
- Eau Claire County10
- La Crosse County10
- Monroe County10
- Jefferson County9
- Rock County9
- Buffalo County9
- Clark County9
- Jackson County9
- Pierce County9
- Saint Croix County9
- Trempealeau County9
- Racine County9
- Green County8
- Milwaukee County8
- Waukesha County8
- Columbia County7
- Crawford County7
- Grant County7
- Sauk County7
- Juneau County7
- Kenosha County7
- Barron County7
- Dane County6
- Iowa County6
- Lafayette County6
- Richland County6
- Adams County6
- Marquette County6
- Taylor County6
- Waushara County6
- Dodge County6
- Green Lake County6
- Langlade County6
- Sheboygan County6
- Washington County6
32 more counties
- Burnett County6
- Polk County6
- Rusk County6
- Wood County5
- Marathon County5
- Calumet County5
- Fond du Lac County5
- Marinette County5
- Ozaukee County5
- Winnebago County5
- Douglas County5
- Sawyer County5
- Washburn County5
- Lincoln County5
- Portage County4
- Door County4
- Manitowoc County4
- Menominee County4
- Oconto County4
- Shawano County4
- Waupaca County4
- Florence County4
- Forest County4
- Bayfield County4
- Price County4
- Oneida County4
- Vilas County4
- Brown County3
- Kewaunee County3
- Outagamie County3
- Ashland County2
- Iron County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.