Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2015
6 tornado watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- August3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- August 22, 20152 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Burnett, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burnett, Douglas | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Green County3
- Jefferson County3
- Rock County3
- Walworth County3
- Kenosha County2
- Milwaukee County2
- Racine County2
- Waukesha County2
- Burnett County2
- Pierce County2
- Polk County2
- Saint Croix County2
- Columbia County2
- Dane County2
- Dodge County2
- Grant County2
- Iowa County2
- Lafayette County2
- Sauk County2
- Buffalo County1
- Dunn County1
- Pepin County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Washington County1
- Adams County1
- Crawford County1
- Green Lake County1
- Juneau County1
- Marquette County1
- Monroe County1
- Richland County1
- Vernon County1
- Douglas 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.