Blizzard Warnings in Michigan
66 blizzard warnings since 1986. 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 blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 66
- Busiest year
- 200810 blizzard warnings
- Average year
- 4over 18 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 county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Keweenaw County28
- Houghton County26
- Alger County22
- Marquette County14
- Ontonagon County10
- Schoolcraft County9
- Luce County8
- Baraga County8
- Leelanau County7
- Antrim County6
- Grand Traverse County6
- Cass County6
- Cheboygan County6
- Gogebic County6
- Allegan County5
- Benzie County5
- Emmet County5
- Manistee County5
- Mason County5
- Muskegon County5
- Oceana County5
- Otsego County5
- Ottawa County5
- Van Buren County5
- Barry County4
- Crawford County4
- Kalamazoo County4
- Kent County4
- Presque Isle County4
- Huron County3
- Kalkaska County3
- Missaukee County3
- Sanilac County3
- Wexford County3
- Lake County3
- Menominee County3
- Newaygo County3
- Alpena County3
- Alcona County3
- Iosco County3
42 more counties
- Delta County3
- Montmorency County3
- Ogemaw County3
- Oscoda County3
- Mackinac County3
- Calhoun County2
- Eaton County2
- Ionia County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Arenac County2
- Saint Joseph County2
- Iron County2
- Roscommon County2
- Charlevoix County2
- Chippewa County2
- Bay County1
- Branch County1
- Clinton County1
- Genesee County1
- Gratiot County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Ingham County1
- Jackson County1
- Lapeer County1
- Lenawee County1
- Livingston County1
- Macomb County1
- Midland County1
- Monroe County1
- Montcalm County1
- Oakland County1
- Saginaw County1
- Shiawassee County1
- Tuscola County1
- Washtenaw County1
- Wayne County1
- Clare County1
- Mecosta County1
- Osceola County1
- Berrien County1
- Gladwin County1
- Dickinson County1
The latest blizzard warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:04 PM EDT | Blizzard Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 60 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:25 PM EDT | Blizzard Warning | APX | Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Leelanau, Mackinac | 62 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:12 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 9 hr |
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.