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Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 1997
11 tornado watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- July5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- July 2, 19973 tornado 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 18, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Dunn, Eau Claire and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron and 6 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buffalo County6
- Jackson County6
- Juneau County6
- Monroe County6
- Trempealeau County6
- Crawford County5
- Green County5
- Iowa County5
- Lafayette County5
- Richland County5
- Sauk County5
- Adams County5
- Chippewa County5
- Clark County5
- Dunn County5
- Eau Claire County5
- La Crosse County5
- Pepin County5
- Pierce County5
- Rusk County5
- Vernon County5
- Columbia County4
- Dane County4
- Grant County4
- Barron County4
- Green Lake County4
- Marquette County4
- Polk County4
- Saint Croix County4
- Sawyer County4
- Taylor County4
- Waushara County4
- Winnebago County4
- Burnett County3
- Fond du Lac County3
- Iron County3
- Langlade County3
- Lincoln County3
- Marathon County3
- Portage County3
25 more counties
- Price County3
- Washburn County3
- Wood County3
- Dodge County3
- Jefferson County3
- Rock County3
- Douglas County2
- Oneida County2
- Vilas County2
- Waupaca County2
- Menominee County2
- Shawano County2
- Kenosha County2
- Milwaukee County2
- Ozaukee County2
- Racine County2
- Sheboygan County2
- Walworth County2
- Washington County2
- Waukesha County2
- Calumet County1
- Florence County1
- Forest County1
- Ashland County1
- Bayfield 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.