Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2018
6 tornado watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- September2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 17, 20181 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 20, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Grant, Green Lake, Iowa and 8 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chippewa County4
- Dunn County4
- Eau Claire County4
- Marathon County4
- Portage County4
- Wood County4
- Saint Croix County3
- Adams County3
- Juneau County3
- Buffalo County3
- Clark County3
- Jackson County3
- Monroe County3
- Pepin County3
- Pierce County3
- Taylor County3
- Trempealeau County3
- Vernon County3
- Ashland County2
- Barron County2
- Bayfield County2
- Burnett County2
- Douglas County2
- Iron County2
- Polk County2
- Price County2
- Rusk County2
- Sawyer County2
- Washburn County2
- Brown County2
- Columbia County2
- Door County2
- Florence County2
- Forest County2
- Green Lake County2
- Iowa County2
- Kewaunee County2
- Langlade County2
- Marinette County2
- Marquette County2
32 more counties
- Menominee County2
- Oconto County2
- Outagamie County2
- Sauk County2
- Shawano County2
- Waupaca County2
- Waushara County2
- Winnebago County2
- La Crosse County2
- Lincoln County2
- Calumet County1
- Dane County1
- Dodge County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Green County1
- Jefferson County1
- Kenosha County1
- Lafayette County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Milwaukee County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Racine County1
- Rock County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Walworth County1
- Washington County1
- Waukesha County1
- Oneida County1
- Vilas County1
- Crawford County1
- Grant County1
- Richland 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.