Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2020
25 winter storm watches in 2020. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- February7 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- April 10, 20204 winter storm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Adams, Grant, Juneau, Richland | 24 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:25 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:37 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 25 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GRB | Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood | 11 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk | 11 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 11 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:03 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Iowa and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Grant | 13 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:48 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:09 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Taylor, Trempealeau | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:18 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Price, Sawyer, Washburn | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:26 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | GRB | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marinette and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:29 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Douglas | 11 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:46 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix | 14 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:04 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix | 23 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 11 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Sauk | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Croix County5
- Bayfield County5
- Douglas County5
- Grant County4
- Richland County4
- Barron County4
- Dunn County4
- Pierce County4
- Polk County4
- Rusk County4
- Ashland County4
- Iron County4
- Sawyer County4
- Washburn County4
- Adams County3
- Juneau County3
- Dane County3
- Green County3
- Iowa County3
- Lafayette County3
- Rock County3
- Sauk County3
- Chippewa County3
- Eau Claire County3
- Pepin County3
- Burnett County3
- Price County3
- Buffalo County3
- Clark County3
- Crawford County3
- Jackson County3
- Trempealeau County3
- Vernon County3
- Columbia County2
- Dodge County2
- Fond du Lac County2
- Green Lake County2
- Jefferson County2
- Kenosha County2
- Marquette County2
32 more counties
- Milwaukee County2
- Ozaukee County2
- Racine County2
- Sheboygan County2
- Walworth County2
- Washington County2
- Waukesha County2
- Marinette County2
- Waupaca County2
- Waushara County2
- La Crosse County2
- Monroe County2
- Taylor County2
- Wood County2
- Brown County1
- Calumet County1
- Door County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Manitowoc County1
- Menominee County1
- Oconto County1
- Outagamie County1
- Shawano County1
- Winnebago County1
- Portage County1
- Florence County1
- Forest County1
- Langlade County1
- Lincoln County1
- Marathon County1
- Oneida County1
- Vilas County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.