Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 1998
40 severe thunderstorm watches in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 40
- Busiest month
- June13 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 12, 19983 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 11:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Florence, Forest and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 21 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Polk | 6 hr |
| May 12, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Dane and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Chippewa, Douglas, Marathon, Price and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Forest, Green Lake and 18 more | 4 hr |
| May 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas | 5 hr |
| May 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Burnett, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford | 5 hr |
| May 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 22 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire, Jackson and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burnett | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Door and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Langlade and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Florence, Forest and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dane, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette, Milwaukee and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Douglas | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burnett, Douglas, Polk, Washburn | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette, Milwaukee and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Clark, Eau Claire, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 6 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Green Lake County15
- Marquette County15
- Columbia County14
- Dane County14
- Sauk County14
- Lafayette County14
- Crawford County13
- Dodge County13
- Fond du Lac County13
- Richland County13
- Waukesha County13
- Grant County13
- Jefferson County13
- Walworth County13
- Adams County12
- Vernon County12
- Washington County12
- Green County12
- Iowa County12
- Rock County12
- Juneau County11
- Waushara County11
- Milwaukee County11
- Buffalo County10
- Calumet County10
- Pepin County10
- Winnebago County10
- Dunn County9
- Jackson County9
- La Crosse County9
- Monroe County9
- Ozaukee County9
- Portage County9
- Sheboygan County9
- Wood County9
- Burnett County9
- Kenosha County9
- Racine County9
- Chippewa County8
- Manitowoc County8
32 more counties
- Marathon County8
- Menominee County8
- Outagamie County8
- Trempealeau County8
- Waupaca County8
- Pierce County8
- Polk County8
- Saint Croix County8
- Clark County7
- Eau Claire County7
- Oconto County7
- Shawano County7
- Taylor County7
- Washburn County7
- Douglas County7
- Brown County6
- Barron County6
- Langlade County6
- Kewaunee County6
- Lincoln County5
- Sawyer County5
- Price County4
- Rusk County4
- Bayfield County4
- Marinette County4
- Forest County3
- Oneida County3
- Vilas County3
- Ashland County3
- Florence County2
- Door County1
- Iron County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.