Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches / 2001
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, May 2001
3 tornado watches in May 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 May 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- May 1, 20012 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buffalo County2
- Chippewa County2
- Dunn County2
- Eau Claire County2
- Pepin County2
- Pierce County2
- Saint Croix County2
- Trempealeau County2
- Taylor County1
- Ashland County1
- Barron County1
- Bayfield County1
- Burnett County1
- Douglas County1
- Iron County1
- Polk County1
- Price County1
- Rusk County1
- Sawyer County1
- Washburn County1
- La Crosse 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.