Weather alerts in Michigan
63,882 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 63,882
- Warnings
- 27,853
- Watches
- 3,869
- Advisories
- 18,088
- Busiest year
- 20253,191 alerts
- Average year
- 1,558over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegan County3,119
- Kent County3,037
- Kalamazoo County3,027
- Ingham County3,013
- Van Buren County2,998
- Calhoun County2,975
- Cass County2,937
- Barry County2,887
- Jackson County2,875
- Saint Joseph County2,822
- Ottawa County2,821
- Eaton County2,808
- Wayne County2,755
- Branch County2,693
- Ionia County2,687
- Oakland County2,683
- Clinton County2,682
- Washtenaw County2,656
- Hillsdale County2,577
- Macomb County2,514
- Livingston County2,491
- Monroe County2,478
- Lenawee County2,472
- Muskegon County2,471
- Newaygo County2,385
- Montcalm County2,380
- Genesee County2,376
- Oceana County2,337
- Saginaw County2,312
- Saint Clair County2,312
- Gratiot County2,303
- Marquette County2,288
- Mason County2,257
- Isabella County2,223
- Shiawassee County2,220
- Mecosta County2,202
- Lapeer County2,188
- Houghton County2,111
- Tuscola County2,108
- Osceola County2,026
43 more counties
- Lake County2,018
- Bay County2,018
- Alger County1,984
- Sanilac County1,973
- Clare County1,961
- Huron County1,926
- Antrim County1,923
- Gogebic County1,916
- Berrien County1,911
- Midland County1,860
- Ontonagon County1,828
- Manistee County1,826
- Kalkaska County1,820
- Crawford County1,804
- Baraga County1,776
- Schoolcraft County1,771
- Menominee County1,759
- Otsego County1,759
- Iron County1,757
- Dickinson County1,754
- Grand Traverse County1,739
- Wexford County1,734
- Benzie County1,719
- Roscommon County1,704
- Missaukee County1,701
- Ogemaw County1,668
- Delta County1,656
- Emmet County1,646
- Cheboygan County1,646
- Oscoda County1,643
- Leelanau County1,641
- Arenac County1,587
- Gladwin County1,582
- Alpena County1,544
- Montmorency County1,530
- Alcona County1,521
- Iosco County1,519
- Presque Isle County1,456
- Luce County1,388
- Keweenaw County1,298
- Charlevoix County935
- Mackinac County812
- Chippewa County777
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 1:36 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MQT | Baraga, Houghton, Iron | 19 hr |
| Sep 15, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 54 min |
| Sep 15, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 18 min |
| Sep 15, 9:42 AM EDT | Gale Warning | MQT | 10 hr | |
| Sep 14, 4:23 AM EDT | Gale Warning | MQT | 40 hr | |
| Sep 14, 3:13 AM EDT | Gale Warning | DTX | 37 hr | |
| Sep 14, 2:57 AM EDT | Gale Warning | APX | 38 hr | |
| Sep 14, 2:49 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GRR | 29 hr | |
| Sep 9, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 58 min | |
| Sep 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MQT | 34 hr | |
| Sep 7, 1:17 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MQT | 31 hr | |
| Sep 5, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 32 min |
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. Rebuilt daily.