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Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2024
13 tornado watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- May4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 21, 20243 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Grant | 10 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette | 6 hr |
| May 7, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 12 hr |
| May 21, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, La Crosse, Pepin, Richland and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 21, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 9 hr |
| May 21, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Door and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burnett, Polk | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Green, Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 7 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Price, Sawyer and 1 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Walworth County6
- Kenosha County5
- Racine County5
- Grant County5
- Green County5
- Iowa County4
- Lafayette County4
- Rock County4
- Dane County3
- Jefferson County3
- Crawford County3
- Richland County3
- Vernon County2
- Columbia County2
- Dodge County2
- Milwaukee County2
- Ozaukee County2
- Sauk County2
- Washington County2
- Waukesha County2
- Burnett County2
- Buffalo County1
- La Crosse County1
- Pepin County1
- Trempealeau County1
- Fond du Lac County1
- Green Lake County1
- Marquette County1
- Sheboygan County1
- Adams County1
- Brown County1
- Calumet County1
- Chippewa County1
- Clark County1
- Door County1
- Eau Claire County1
- Jackson County1
- Juneau County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Langlade County1
22 more counties
- Lincoln County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Marathon County1
- Marinette County1
- Menominee County1
- Monroe County1
- Oconto County1
- Outagamie County1
- Portage County1
- Shawano County1
- Taylor County1
- Waupaca County1
- Waushara County1
- Winnebago County1
- Wood County1
- Polk County1
- Ashland County1
- Bayfield County1
- Douglas County1
- Price County1
- Sawyer County1
- Washburn 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.