Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches / 2003
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, July 2003
8 tornado watches in July 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 July 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- July 9, 20032 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Douglas County3
- Pierce County3
- Saint Croix County3
- Crawford County3
- Grant County3
- Iowa County3
- Lafayette County3
- Barron County2
- Burnett County2
- Chippewa County2
- Dunn County2
- Eau Claire County2
- Polk County2
- Rusk County2
- Sawyer County2
- Richland County2
- Sauk County2
- Bayfield County1
- Washburn County1
- Columbia County1
- Dane County1
- Dodge County1
- Green County1
- Jefferson County1
- Kenosha County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Racine County1
- Rock County1
- Walworth County1
- Washington County1
- Waukesha County1
- Buffalo County1
- La Crosse County1
- Pepin County1
- Trempealeau 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.