Weather alerts in Michigan, 2014

2,179 weather alerts in 2014, 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 2,179
Warnings: 804
Watches: 151
Advisories: 877
Busiest month: July284 alerts
Busiest day: July 27, 201487 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

2,179 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	299
Tornado Warning	21
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	16
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	80
Special Weather Statement	224
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	15
Flash Flood Warning	11
River Flood Warning	52
Flash Flood Watch	4
Flood Watch	7
River Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	75
River Flood Advisory	126
Winter
Blizzard Warning	4
Ice Storm Warning	1
Lake Effect Snow Warning	13
Winter Storm Warning	34
Blizzard Watch	2
Lake Effect Snow Watch	6
Winter Storm Watch	23
Freezing Rain Advisory	5
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	31
Winter Weather Advisory	109
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	8
Wind Chill Warning	10
Freeze Watch	2
Wind Chill Watch	7
Frost Advisory	25
Wind Chill Advisory	38
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	5
High Wind Watch	3
Wind Advisory	26
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	32
Freezing Fog Advisory	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	9
Beach Hazards Statement	43
Marine
Gale Warning	132
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	22
Special Marine Warning	172
Storm Warning	4
Gale Watch	76
Storm Watch	2
Brisk Wind Advisory	1
Low Water Advisory	7
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	33
Small Craft Advisory	357
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	1

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 2013 2015

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.