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Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2001
12 tornado watches in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- June5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 11, 20012 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Florence and 29 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Pepin and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Forest, Iron and 6 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buffalo County6
- Chippewa County6
- Dunn County6
- Eau Claire County6
- Pepin County6
- Trempealeau County6
- La Crosse County5
- Pierce County5
- Saint Croix County5
- Taylor County5
- Clark County4
- Jackson County4
- Monroe County4
- Vernon County4
- Barron County4
- Portage County4
- Sawyer County4
- Crawford County3
- Columbia County3
- Dodge County3
- Fond du Lac County3
- Green Lake County3
- Iron County3
- Juneau County3
- Lincoln County3
- Marathon County3
- Marquette County3
- Polk County3
- Price County3
- Rusk County3
- Waupaca County3
- Waushara County3
- Winnebago County3
- Wood County3
- Ashland County3
- Bayfield County3
- Douglas County3
- Washburn County3
- Grant County2
- Iowa County2
30 more counties
- Adams County2
- Richland County2
- Sauk County2
- Dane County2
- Forest County2
- Langlade County2
- Menominee County2
- Oconto County2
- Oneida County2
- Outagamie County2
- Shawano County2
- Vilas County2
- Burnett County2
- Lafayette County1
- Brown County1
- Calumet County1
- Florence County1
- Jefferson County1
- Kenosha County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Marinette County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Racine County1
- Rock County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Walworth County1
- Washington County1
- Waukesha 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.