Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2023
3 tornado watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- March2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 31, 20232 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 31, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 8 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dane County2
- Green County2
- Iowa County2
- Jefferson County2
- Kenosha County2
- Lafayette County2
- Milwaukee County2
- Racine County2
- Rock County2
- Sauk County2
- Walworth County2
- Waukesha County2
- Crawford County1
- Grant County1
- Richland County1
- Columbia County1
- Dodge County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Green Lake County1
- Marquette County1
- Ozaukee County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Washington 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.