Weather alerts in Michigan, 2008

2,541 weather alerts in 2008, 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 in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 2,541
Warnings: 1,217
Watches: 197
Advisories: 679
Busiest month: June615 alerts
Busiest day: June 13, 200885 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

2,541 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	488
Tornado Warning	49
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	24
Tornado Watch	9
Mesoscale Discussion	120
Special Weather Statement	259
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	22
Flash Flood Warning	29
River Flood Warning	112
Flash Flood Watch	2
Flood Watch	18
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	31
River Flood Advisory	6
Winter
Blizzard Warning	10
Heavy Snow Warning	7
Lake Effect Snow Warning	38
Winter Storm Warning	55
Blizzard Watch	2
Lake Effect Snow Watch	14
Winter Storm Watch	71
Blowing Snow Advisory	2
Freezing Rain Advisory	10
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	58
Lake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	9
Snow Advisory	47
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	15
Winter Weather Advisory	101
Cold
Freeze Warning	10
Wind Chill Warning	4
Freeze Watch	5
Wind Chill Watch	2
Frost Advisory	35
Wind Chill Advisory	18
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	4
High Wind Watch	2
Wind Advisory	51
Fire
Red Flag Warning	8
Fire Weather Watch	4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	41
Freezing Fog Advisory	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
Lakeshore Flood Statement	57
Marine
Gale Warning	88
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	9
Special Marine Warning	279
Storm Warning	4
Gale Watch	43
Brisk Wind Advisory	10
Low Water Advisory	8
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	3
Small Craft Advisory	232
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	1
Marine Weather Statement	12

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

43 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2007 2009

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.