Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2019
6 tornado watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- September3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 25, 20191 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Iowa, La Crosse, Lafayette, Monroe and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Crawford, Eau Claire, Grant, Jackson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Bayfield, Clark, Florence, Forest and 23 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Eau Claire County4
- Pepin County4
- La Crosse County3
- Monroe County3
- Vernon County3
- Barron County3
- Chippewa County3
- Dunn County3
- Pierce County3
- Polk County3
- Rusk County3
- Saint Croix County3
- Buffalo County3
- Jackson County3
- Trempealeau County3
- Crawford County2
- Grant County2
- Richland County2
- Ashland County2
- Bayfield County2
- Iron County2
- Price County2
- Sawyer County2
- Washburn County2
- Clark County2
- Taylor County2
- Adams County2
- Juneau County2
- Iowa County1
- Lafayette County1
- Burnett County1
- Douglas County1
- Florence County1
- Forest County1
- Langlade County1
- Lincoln County1
- Marathon County1
- Marinette County1
- Menominee County1
- Oconto County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20182020
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.