Flood Watches in Michigan
223 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 223
- Busiest year
- 201320 flood watches
- Average year
- 11over 21 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.
- Allegan County53
- Barry County53
- Eaton County51
- Kalamazoo County51
- Calhoun County50
- Ingham County50
- Van Buren County50
- Ottawa County49
- Wayne County49
- Macomb County48
- Oakland County48
- Jackson County47
- Kent County47
- Washtenaw County47
- Clinton County46
- Ionia County46
- Livingston County42
- Gratiot County41
- Shiawassee County41
- Montcalm County40
- Branch County40
- Cass County40
- Genesee County40
- Lenawee County40
- Monroe County40
- Saint Clair County40
- Saint Joseph County40
- Muskegon County38
- Hillsdale County36
- Lapeer County36
- Saginaw County36
- Bay County34
- Midland County34
- Isabella County33
- Mecosta County33
- Newaygo County32
- Sanilac County32
- Tuscola County32
- Oceana County30
- Huron County28
43 more counties
- Clare County26
- Lake County26
- Mason County26
- Osceola County26
- Arenac County24
- Gladwin County24
- Manistee County19
- Wexford County19
- Iosco County19
- Ogemaw County18
- Missaukee County17
- Alcona County17
- Crawford County16
- Oscoda County16
- Roscommon County16
- Benzie County15
- Grand Traverse County15
- Kalkaska County15
- Alpena County14
- Montmorency County13
- Otsego County13
- Leelanau County12
- Antrim County11
- Cheboygan County11
- Ontonagon County11
- Emmet County10
- Presque Isle County10
- Baraga County10
- Gogebic County10
- Houghton County10
- Keweenaw County10
- Iron County9
- Marquette County9
- Dickinson County8
- Berrien County8
- Alger County6
- Menominee County6
- Delta County5
- Luce County4
- Schoolcraft County3
- Charlevoix County3
- Chippewa County3
- Mackinac County3
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 3:20 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 47 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:42 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 36 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:34 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 11 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:27 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 11 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | DTX | Lenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, Washtenaw and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:43 AM EDT | Flood Watch | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe and 8 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:37 AM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 19 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MQT | Baraga, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette and 1 more | 53 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:19 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 43 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:41 AM EDT | Flood Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 59 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:40 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 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.