Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2021
7 tornado watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- August3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 10, 20211 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 10, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Crawford and 38 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Juneau, La Crosse and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Price, Sawyer, Washburn | 3 hr |
| Dec 15, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia and 28 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Crawford County4
- Grant County4
- Iowa County4
- Lafayette County4
- Richland County4
- Sauk County4
- Vernon County4
- Columbia County3
- Dane County3
- Green County3
- Adams County3
- Juneau County3
- La Crosse County3
- Monroe County3
- Buffalo County2
- Pepin County2
- Pierce County2
- Rock County2
- Clark County2
- Green Lake County2
- Jackson County2
- Marathon County2
- Marquette County2
- Portage County2
- Taylor County2
- Waushara County2
- Wood County2
- Ashland County2
- Barron County2
- Bayfield County2
- Chippewa County2
- Dunn County2
- Iron County2
- Polk County2
- Price County2
- Rusk County2
- Saint Croix County2
- Sawyer County2
- Washburn County2
- Brown County1
23 more counties
- Calumet County1
- Dodge County1
- Door County1
- Florence County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Forest County1
- Jefferson County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Langlade County1
- Lincoln County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Marinette County1
- Menominee County1
- Oconto County1
- Oneida County1
- Outagamie County1
- Shawano County1
- Waupaca County1
- Winnebago County1
- Burnett County1
- Douglas County1
- Eau Claire County1
- Trempealeau 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.