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Flood Watches in Michigan, 2026

19 flood watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Flood Watches
19
Busiest month
April8 flood watches
Busiest day
June 17, 20263 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 1:45 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXBerrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph16 hr
Mar 10, 1:59 PM EDTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more21 hr
Mar 11, 12:49 AM EDTFlood WatchDTXLenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair and 2 more13 hr
Apr 3, 2:17 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXBerrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph27 hr
Apr 4, 1:30 PM EDTFlood WatchDTXBay, Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Midland and 8 more11 hr
Apr 10, 11:05 AM EDTFlood WatchMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more8 days
Apr 10, 11:16 AM EDTFlood WatchAPXAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 19 more8 days
Apr 12, 1:40 PM EDTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more4 days
Apr 14, 9:41 AM EDTFlood WatchDTXBay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more59 hr
Apr 14, 1:19 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXBerrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph43 hr
Apr 22, 2:37 PM EDTFlood WatchMQTBaraga, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette and 1 more53 hr
Jun 17, 2:37 AM EDTFlood WatchIWXBerrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph19 hr
Jun 17, 2:43 AM EDTFlood WatchDTXGenesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe and 8 more19 hr
Jun 17, 3:05 AM EDTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 5 more19 hr
Aug 2, 1:57 AM EDTFlood WatchDTXLenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, Washtenaw and 1 more12 hr
Aug 9, 8:27 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXBerrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph11 hr
Aug 9, 8:34 PM EDTFlood WatchGRRCalhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren11 hr
Sep 18, 2:42 PM EDTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren36 hr
Sep 18, 3:20 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXBerrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph47 hr

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.

  1. June 17, 20263flood watches
  2. March 10, 20262flood watches
  3. April 10, 20262flood watches
  4. April 14, 20262flood watches
  5. August 10, 20262flood watches
  6. September 18, 20262flood watches
  7. March 11, 20261flood watches
  8. April 3, 20261flood watches
  9. April 4, 20261flood watches
  10. April 12, 20261flood watches
  11. April 22, 20261flood watches
  12. August 2, 20261flood watches

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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.