Tornado Watches in Wisconsin
299 tornado watches since 1986. 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 299
- Busiest year
- 199822 tornado watches
- Average year
- 10over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buffalo County103
- Crawford County100
- Grant County100
- Pierce County100
- Pepin County99
- Iowa County98
- Lafayette County98
- Trempealeau County98
- Green County96
- La Crosse County95
- Vernon County95
- Dunn County93
- Richland County93
- Saint Croix County93
- Eau Claire County92
- Monroe County91
- Rock County91
- Chippewa County90
- Dane County90
- Jackson County90
- Sauk County85
- Columbia County82
- Jefferson County82
- Walworth County81
- Dodge County78
- Clark County77
- Juneau County77
- Polk County77
- Adams County76
- Barron County76
- Taylor County74
- Rusk County73
- Kenosha County67
- Wood County67
- Portage County66
- Marquette County65
- Racine County64
- Burnett County62
- Waushara County62
- Green Lake County61
32 more counties
- Marathon County61
- Waukesha County61
- Sawyer County60
- Washburn County60
- Washington County60
- Milwaukee County57
- Ozaukee County57
- Waupaca County56
- Fond du Lac County55
- Lincoln County53
- Price County53
- Winnebago County53
- Shawano County50
- Menominee County49
- Langlade County48
- Outagamie County47
- Oneida County46
- Calumet County44
- Douglas County44
- Sheboygan County43
- Oconto County43
- Iron County42
- Forest County41
- Vilas County41
- Brown County40
- Bayfield County39
- Ashland County38
- Florence County38
- Manitowoc County34
- Marinette County34
- Kewaunee County30
- Door County21
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Douglas | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Green, Kenosha, Lafayette, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 7 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Clark, Columbia and 43 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 26 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green and 12 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.