Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches / 1998
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, May 1998
10 tornado watches in May 1998. 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 10
- Busiest day
- May 15, 19983 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 15, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Pierce | 6 hr |
| May 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Florence and 26 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford | 5 hr |
| May 30, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge and 27 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pierce County4
- Barron County3
- Dunn County3
- Pepin County3
- Polk County3
- Saint Croix County3
- Crawford County3
- Buffalo County2
- Burnett County2
- Chippewa County2
- Jackson County2
- Monroe County2
- Price County2
- Rusk County2
- Sawyer County2
- Washburn County2
- Dane County2
- Grant County2
- Green County2
- Iowa County2
- Lafayette County2
- Richland County2
- Adams County2
- Brown County2
- Calumet County2
- Columbia County2
- Dodge County2
- Fond du Lac County2
- Green Lake County2
- Juneau County2
- Marquette County2
- Outagamie County2
- Ozaukee County2
- Portage County2
- Sauk County2
- Sheboygan County2
- Washington County2
- Waupaca County2
- Waushara County2
- Winnebago County2
30 more counties
- Wood County2
- Jefferson County2
- Kenosha County2
- Milwaukee County2
- Racine County2
- Rock County2
- Walworth County2
- Waukesha County2
- Ashland County1
- Bayfield County1
- Clark County1
- Douglas County1
- Eau Claire County1
- La Crosse County1
- Taylor County1
- Trempealeau County1
- Vernon County1
- Florence County1
- Forest County1
- Iron County1
- Langlade County1
- Lincoln County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Marathon County1
- Marinette County1
- Menominee County1
- Oconto County1
- Oneida County1
- Shawano County1
- Vilas County1
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.