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Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2003
16 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 16
- Busiest month
- July8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 11, 20032 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 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa and 4 more | 3 hr |
| May 30, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn, Pierce, Polk and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas, Dunn and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Douglas | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Pierce | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burnett, Douglas, Polk, Saint Croix | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, La Crosse and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer and 1 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Iowa County6
- Lafayette County6
- Douglas County6
- Crawford County5
- Grant County5
- Sauk County5
- Burnett County5
- Pierce County5
- Saint Croix County5
- Columbia County4
- Dane County4
- Green County4
- Richland County4
- Jefferson County4
- Rock County4
- Walworth County4
- Washington County4
- Waukesha County4
- Barron County4
- Dunn County4
- Polk County4
- Washburn County4
- Sawyer County4
- Dodge County3
- Kenosha County3
- Milwaukee County3
- Ozaukee County3
- Racine County3
- Bayfield County3
- Chippewa County3
- Eau Claire County3
- Rusk County3
- Vernon County2
- Buffalo County2
- Pepin County2
- Ashland County2
- Iron County2
- Sheboygan County1
- La Crosse County1
- Trempealeau 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. Rebuilt daily.