Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 2026
9 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- April4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- July 20, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge and 26 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Clark, Columbia and 43 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Green, Kenosha, Lafayette, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Douglas | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grant County5
- Green County5
- Lafayette County5
- Rock County5
- Walworth County5
- Crawford County5
- Richland County5
- Columbia County4
- Dane County4
- Dodge County4
- Fond du Lac County4
- Iowa County4
- Jefferson County4
- Kenosha County4
- Ozaukee County4
- Racine County4
- Sheboygan County4
- Washington County4
- Calumet County4
- Vernon County4
- Waushara County4
- Winnebago County4
- Milwaukee County3
- Waukesha County3
- Adams County3
- Green Lake County3
- Juneau County3
- La Crosse County3
- Marathon County3
- Marquette County3
- Monroe County3
- Outagamie County3
- Portage County3
- Sauk County3
- Waupaca County3
- Wood County3
- Buffalo County2
- Clark County2
- Eau Claire County2
- Jackson County2
21 more counties
- Pepin County2
- Pierce County2
- Trempealeau County2
- Manitowoc County2
- Brown County2
- Langlade County2
- Lincoln County2
- Menominee County2
- Oconto County2
- Shawano County2
- Chippewa County1
- Dunn County1
- Taylor County1
- Douglas County1
- Door County1
- Florence County1
- Forest County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Marinette County1
- Oneida County1
- Vilas County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.