Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2022
28 severe thunderstorm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 28
- Busiest month
- May10 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 12, 20223 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 5, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dane, Green, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock, Walworth | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 4 more | 3 hr |
| May 9, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Iron and 6 more | 3 hr |
| May 9, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 11, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burnett, Price, Sawyer, Washburn | 4 hr |
| May 12, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burnett | 6 hr |
| May 18, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 29, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marinette and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green, Iowa and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Sawyer and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Green, Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 8 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Eau Claire, Grant and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 8 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County10
- Saint Croix County9
- Barron County9
- Sawyer County9
- Rock County8
- Walworth County8
- Pierce County8
- Ashland County8
- Burnett County8
- Dunn County8
- Price County8
- Rusk County8
- Washburn County8
- Dane County7
- Green County7
- Jefferson County7
- Buffalo County7
- Jackson County7
- Chippewa County7
- Iron County7
- Lafayette County6
- Trempealeau County6
- Vernon County6
- Clark County6
- Taylor County6
- Bayfield County6
- Eau Claire County6
- Kenosha County6
- Racine County6
- Crawford County5
- La Crosse County5
- Monroe County5
- Richland County5
- Douglas County5
- Pepin County5
- Milwaukee County5
- Sauk County5
- Waukesha County5
- Iowa County5
- Adams County4
31 more counties
- Juneau County4
- Langlade County4
- Lincoln County4
- Oneida County4
- Vilas County4
- Columbia County4
- Dodge County4
- Ozaukee County4
- Washington County4
- Grant County4
- Florence County3
- Forest County3
- Marathon County3
- Marinette County3
- Portage County3
- Wood County3
- Fond du Lac County3
- Green Lake County3
- Marquette County3
- Sheboygan County3
- Brown County2
- Menominee County2
- Oconto County2
- Outagamie County2
- Shawano County2
- Waupaca County2
- Waushara County2
- Calumet County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Winnebago 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.