Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2017
6 tornado watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- June3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 28, 20173 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 7 hr |
| May 16, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark and 48 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Grant | 9 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 10 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buffalo County4
- Pepin County4
- Pierce County4
- Polk County3
- Saint Croix County3
- Chippewa County3
- Clark County3
- Dunn County3
- Eau Claire County3
- Jackson County3
- Taylor County3
- Trempealeau County3
- Barron County2
- Burnett County2
- Langlade County2
- Lincoln County2
- Marathon County2
- Menominee County2
- Price County2
- Rusk County2
- Sawyer County2
- Washburn County2
- Columbia County2
- Dane County2
- Dodge County2
- Grant County2
- Green County2
- Iowa County2
- Jefferson County2
- Kenosha County2
- La Crosse County2
- Lafayette County2
- Milwaukee County2
- Monroe County2
- Ozaukee County2
- Racine County2
- Rock County2
- Sauk County2
- Vernon County2
- Walworth County2
30 more counties
- Washington County2
- Waukesha County2
- Ashland County1
- Bayfield County1
- Douglas County1
- Florence County1
- Forest County1
- Iron County1
- Oneida County1
- Vilas County1
- Adams County1
- Brown County1
- Calumet County1
- Crawford County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Green Lake County1
- Juneau County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Marquette County1
- Oconto County1
- Outagamie County1
- Portage County1
- Richland County1
- Shawano County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Waupaca County1
- Waushara County1
- Winnebago County1
- Wood 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.