Weather alerts in Michigan, 2013

2,713 weather alerts in 2013, 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 2,713
Warnings: 991
Watches: 220
Advisories: 1,134
Busiest month: April391 alerts
Busiest day: April 18, 201383 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

2,713 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	328
Tornado Warning	17
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	17
Tornado Watch	4
Mesoscale Discussion	96
Special Weather Statement	218
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	8
Flash Flood Warning	15
River Flood Warning	102
Flash Flood Watch	6
Flood Watch	20
River Flood Watch	7
Areal Flood Advisory	78
River Flood Advisory	161
Winter
Blizzard Warning	2
Ice Storm Warning	3
Lake Effect Snow Warning	39
Winter Storm Warning	21
Lake Effect Snow Watch	17
Winter Storm Watch	28
Freezing Rain Advisory	15
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	84
Winter Weather Advisory	119
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Heat Advisory	5
Cold
Freeze Warning	11
Freeze Watch	5
Frost Advisory	34
Wind Chill Advisory	14
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	6
High Wind Watch	3
Wind Advisory	37
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fire Weather Watch	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	36
Coast and beach
Beach Hazards Statement	54
Marine
Gale Warning	152
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	30
Special Marine Warning	245
Storm Warning	10
Gale Watch	106
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	3
Storm Watch	3
Brisk Wind Advisory	8
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	1
Low Water Advisory	11
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	33
Small Craft Advisory	498

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 2012 2014

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.