Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2018
23 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 23
- Busiest month
- June8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 30, 20183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 6 hr |
| May 25, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bayfield, Douglas | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Florence, Forest and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Douglas | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Menominee, Portage, Shawano and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 83 min |
| Aug 26, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 7 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Douglas County8
- Crawford County7
- Grant County7
- La Crosse County7
- Burnett County7
- Portage County7
- Sawyer County7
- Washburn County7
- Wood County7
- Bayfield County7
- Waupaca County7
- Monroe County6
- Richland County6
- Vernon County6
- Clark County6
- Marathon County6
- Taylor County6
- Waushara County6
- Adams County5
- Barron County5
- Buffalo County5
- Chippewa County5
- Dunn County5
- Eau Claire County5
- Jackson County5
- Juneau County5
- Lincoln County5
- Pepin County5
- Pierce County5
- Polk County5
- Rusk County5
- Trempealeau County5
- Green County5
- Iowa County5
- Lafayette County5
- Menominee County5
- Shawano County5
- Calumet County5
- Winnebago County5
- Saint Croix County4
32 more counties
- Ashland County4
- Iron County4
- Langlade County4
- Oconto County4
- Brown County4
- Columbia County4
- Dane County4
- Green Lake County4
- Marquette County4
- Outagamie County4
- Sauk County4
- Dodge County4
- Jefferson County4
- Kenosha County4
- Manitowoc County4
- Milwaukee County4
- Ozaukee County4
- Racine County4
- Walworth County4
- Washington County4
- Waukesha County4
- Price County3
- Florence County3
- Forest County3
- Marinette County3
- Oneida County3
- Vilas County3
- Fond du Lac County3
- Rock County3
- Sheboygan County3
- Kewaunee County3
- Door County1
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.