Flash Flood Watches in Michigan
77 flash flood watches 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 flash flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 77
- Busiest year
- 201115 flash flood watches
- Average year
- 5over 17 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.
- Cass County24
- Branch County17
- Saint Joseph County17
- Hillsdale County16
- Allegan County15
- Van Buren County15
- Barry County14
- Kalamazoo County14
- Calhoun County13
- Eaton County13
- Ingham County13
- Jackson County13
- Kent County13
- Ottawa County13
- Macomb County13
- Oakland County13
- Lenawee County12
- Monroe County12
- Clinton County12
- Wayne County12
- Ionia County11
- Montcalm County11
- Muskegon County11
- Saint Clair County11
- Washtenaw County11
- Gratiot County10
- Genesee County10
- Lapeer County10
- Newaygo County10
- Oceana County10
- Livingston County9
- Shiawassee County9
- Isabella County8
- Mecosta County8
- Saginaw County8
- Huron County7
- Sanilac County7
- Tuscola County7
- Bay County6
- Lake County6
40 more counties
- Mason County6
- Midland County6
- Osceola County6
- Gogebic County6
- Alcona County5
- Clare County5
- Iosco County5
- Houghton County5
- Ontonagon County5
- Alpena County4
- Presque Isle County4
- Manistee County4
- Ogemaw County4
- Antrim County4
- Crawford County4
- Dickinson County4
- Iron County4
- Marquette County3
- Arenac County3
- Missaukee County3
- Roscommon County3
- Wexford County3
- Baraga County3
- Benzie County3
- Cheboygan County3
- Emmet County3
- Grand Traverse County3
- Kalkaska County3
- Leelanau County3
- Menominee County3
- Montmorency County3
- Oscoda County3
- Otsego County3
- Gladwin County2
- Alger County2
- Delta County2
- Keweenaw County2
- Luce County1
- Schoolcraft County1
- Charlevoix County1
The latest flash flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GRR | Oceana | 5 days |
| Apr 14, 11:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | APX | Antrim | 4 days |
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.