Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2016
23 severe thunderstorm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 23
- Busiest month
- July8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 21, 20164 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 25, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 11 more | 8 hr |
| May 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Door, Fond du Lac and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, La Crosse, Lafayette, Trempealeau and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Douglas | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Oneida and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Marquette and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Polk, Washburn | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, Saint Croix, Washburn | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dodge and 20 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe and 3 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Columbia County10
- Dodge County9
- Marquette County9
- Ozaukee County9
- Washington County9
- Crawford County9
- Dane County8
- Fond du Lac County8
- Green County8
- Green Lake County8
- Jefferson County8
- Milwaukee County8
- Waukesha County8
- Grant County8
- Lafayette County8
- Richland County8
- Sauk County8
- Vernon County8
- Kenosha County7
- Racine County7
- Rock County7
- Sheboygan County7
- Walworth County7
- Iowa County7
- La Crosse County7
- Adams County6
- Juneau County6
- Monroe County6
- Buffalo County5
- Trempealeau County5
- Barron County5
- Washburn County5
- Jackson County4
- Outagamie County4
- Waushara County4
- Winnebago County4
- Douglas County4
- Polk County4
- Saint Croix County4
- Burnett County4
32 more counties
- Brown County3
- Calumet County3
- Kewaunee County3
- Manitowoc County3
- Marinette County3
- Menominee County3
- Oconto County3
- Waupaca County3
- Ashland County3
- Bayfield County3
- Chippewa County3
- Dunn County3
- Iron County3
- Pierce County3
- Price County3
- Rusk County3
- Sawyer County3
- Oneida County3
- Vilas County3
- Door County2
- Shawano County2
- Eau Claire County2
- Pepin County2
- Clark County2
- Florence County2
- Forest County2
- Langlade County2
- Lincoln County2
- Marathon County2
- Taylor County2
- Portage County2
- Wood County2
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.