Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches / 2002
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, April 2002
3 tornado watches in April 2002. 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 April 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- April 18, 20023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | La Crosse, Monroe | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Florence, Forest, Oneida, Vilas | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- La Crosse County2
- Monroe County2
- Adams County1
- Calumet County1
- Chippewa County1
- Clark County1
- Columbia County1
- Crawford County1
- Dane County1
- Dodge County1
- Eau Claire County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Grant County1
- Green County1
- Green Lake County1
- Iowa County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Juneau County1
- Kenosha County1
- Lafayette County1
- Langlade County1
- Lincoln County1
- Marathon County1
- Marquette County1
- Menominee County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Oconto County1
- Outagamie County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Portage County1
- Racine County1
- Richland County1
- Rock County1
- Rusk County1
- Sauk County1
- Shawano County1
- Taylor County1
- Trempealeau County1
- Vernon 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.