Alert archive / Michigan / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Michigan, 2020
15 flood watches in 2020. 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 in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- May9 flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20204 flood watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:27 PM EST | Flood Watch | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 72 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:15 AM EST | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson and 2 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:17 PM EST | Flood Watch | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe and 5 more | 50 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:18 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw, Wayne | 16 hr |
| May 14, 3:20 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson and 2 more | 11 hr |
| May 14, 3:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 12 hr |
| May 14, 3:45 PM EDT | Flood Watch | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe and 5 more | 16 hr |
| May 16, 11:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 21 hr |
| May 16, 2:45 PM EDT | Flood Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Crawford and 13 more | 56 hr |
| May 16, 2:58 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 53 hr |
| May 16, 3:04 PM EDT | Flood Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 56 hr |
| May 17, 8:26 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 18 hr |
| May 17, 2:51 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MQT | Menominee | 19 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Grand Traverse and 4 more | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegan County5
- Barry County5
- Calhoun County5
- Eaton County5
- Ingham County5
- Jackson County5
- Kalamazoo County5
- Van Buren County5
- Lenawee County4
- Monroe County4
- Washtenaw County4
- Wayne County4
- Branch County3
- Cass County3
- Hillsdale County3
- Saint Joseph County3
- Genesee County3
- Lapeer County3
- Livingston County3
- Macomb County3
- Oakland County3
- Saint Clair County3
- Shiawassee County3
- Clare County2
- Clinton County2
- Gratiot County2
- Ionia County2
- Isabella County2
- Kent County2
- Lake County2
- Mason County2
- Mecosta County2
- Montcalm County2
- Muskegon County2
- Newaygo County2
- Oceana County2
- Osceola County2
- Ottawa County2
- Antrim County2
- Benzie County2
28 more counties
- Grand Traverse County2
- Leelanau County2
- Manistee County2
- Otsego County2
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Arenac County1
- Crawford County1
- Gladwin County1
- Iosco County1
- Kalkaska County1
- Missaukee County1
- Montmorency County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Oscoda County1
- Roscommon County1
- Wexford County1
- Bay County1
- Huron County1
- Midland County1
- Saginaw County1
- Sanilac County1
- Tuscola County1
- Menominee County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Emmet County1
- Presque Isle County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.