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Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2004

19 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
19
Busiest month
May6 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 18, 20043 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Juneau and 6 more5 hr
Apr 18, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk and 4 more6 hr
Apr 18, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Iron and 11 more5 hr
Apr 18, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Buffalo, Crawford, Eau Claire, Grant, Jackson and 13 more4 hr
May 9, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix5 hr
May 21, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Grant, Richland7 hr
May 21, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLafayette5 hr
May 23, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more8 hr
May 30, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland7 hr
May 30, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha and 8 more6 hr
Jun 7, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Washburn7 hr
Jun 11, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and 2 more6 hr
Jun 11, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette and 2 more5 hr
Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Grant6 hr
Jul 19, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland5 hr
Aug 26, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Crawford, Grant, Green Lake, Iowa, La Crosse and 4 more6 hr
Sep 15, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett and 45 more8 hr
Oct 29, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBurnett, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix5 hr
Oct 29, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia and 31 more6 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

23 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 18, 20043tornado watches
  2. May 21, 20042tornado watches
  3. May 30, 20042tornado watches
  4. June 11, 20042tornado watches
  5. October 29, 20042tornado watches
  6. April 19, 20041tornado watches
  7. May 9, 20041tornado watches
  8. May 23, 20041tornado watches
  9. June 7, 20041tornado watches
  10. July 5, 20041tornado watches
  11. July 19, 20041tornado watches
  12. August 26, 20041tornado watches

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.