Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, May 2002
5 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2002. 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- May 6, 20022 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Clark, Columbia and 31 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark and 31 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Dunn and 13 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buffalo County4
- Eau Claire County4
- Pepin County4
- Taylor County4
- Trempealeau County4
- Chippewa County3
- Rusk County3
- Clark County3
- Crawford County3
- Jackson County3
- La Crosse County3
- Monroe County3
- Vernon County3
- Barron County2
- Dunn County2
- Pierce County2
- Polk County2
- Saint Croix County2
- Adams County2
- Brown County2
- Calumet County2
- Columbia County2
- Green Lake County2
- Juneau County2
- Kewaunee County2
- Langlade County2
- Lincoln County2
- Manitowoc County2
- Marathon County2
- Marinette County2
- Marquette County2
- Menominee County2
- Oconto County2
- Outagamie County2
- Portage County2
- Richland County2
- Sauk County2
- Shawano County2
- Waupaca County2
- Waushara County2
22 more counties
- Winnebago County2
- Wood County2
- Fond du Lac County2
- Grant County2
- Florence County1
- Forest County1
- Dane County1
- Dodge County1
- Green County1
- Iowa County1
- Jefferson County1
- Kenosha County1
- Lafayette County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Racine County1
- Rock County1
- Walworth County1
- Washington County1
- Waukesha County1
- Door County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Sheboygan County1
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.