Alert archive / Michigan / Gale Watches
Gale Watches in Michigan, 2026
45 gale 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 gale watches reaches back to 2005.
Gale Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Gale Watches
- 45
- Busiest month
- January10 gale watches
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20264 gale 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 9, 8:58 PM EST | Gale Watch | DTX | 13 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:51 AM EST | Gale Watch | APX | 7 hr | |
| Jan 12, 3:57 AM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 25 hr | |
| Jan 12, 2:30 PM EST | Gale Watch | APX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 12, 2:53 PM EST | Gale Watch | GRR | 13 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:08 AM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 24 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:41 AM EST | Gale Watch | GRR | 24 hr | |
| Jan 17, 2:49 PM EST | Gale Watch | DTX | 19 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:26 PM EST | Gale Watch | APX | 13 hr | |
| Jan 25, 4:10 AM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 11 hr | |
| Feb 4, 9:55 AM EST | Gale Watch | DTX | 29 hr | |
| Feb 8, 3:40 PM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 24 hr | |
| Feb 15, 3:23 PM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 36 hr | |
| Feb 16, 2:26 PM EST | Gale Watch | DTX | 13 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:54 PM EST | Gale Watch | DTX | 41 hr | |
| Feb 21, 2:07 AM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 13 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:40 AM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 14 hr | |
| Feb 25, 3:42 PM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 20 hr | |
| Feb 25, 8:03 PM EST | Gale Watch | DTX | 32 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:42 AM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 11 hr | |
| Mar 6, 3:13 PM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 12 hr | |
| Mar 11, 9:04 AM EDT | Gale Watch | DTX | 19 hr | |
| Mar 11, 3:38 PM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 13 hr | |
| Mar 13, 3:56 PM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 12 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:00 AM EDT | Gale Watch | APX | 11 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:56 AM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 12 hr | |
| Mar 14, 9:53 AM EDT | Gale Watch | DTX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 31, 1:25 AM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 38 hr | |
| Mar 31, 11:09 PM EDT | Gale Watch | APX | 15 hr | |
| Apr 4, 9:57 AM EDT | Gale Watch | DTX | 11 hr | |
| Apr 7, 2:28 AM EDT | Gale Watch | APX | 12 hr | |
| Apr 7, 3:11 AM EDT | Gale Watch | GRR | 5 hr | |
| Apr 7, 3:38 AM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 11 hr | |
| Apr 11, 11:05 PM EDT | Gale Watch | APX | 13 hr | |
| Apr 17, 3:24 AM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 12 hr | |
| Apr 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 24 hr | |
| Apr 26, 1:42 PM EDT | Gale Watch | APX | 14 hr | |
| Apr 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 13 hr | |
| May 11, 4:11 AM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 11 hr | |
| May 11, 4:11 AM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 36 hr | |
| Jul 20, 3:42 AM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 11 hr | |
| Sep 6, 1:00 PM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 24 hr | |
| Sep 7, 1:17 PM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 38 hr | |
| Sep 13, 3:18 AM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 25 hr | |
| Sep 13, 3:21 PM EDT | Gale Watch | DTX | 12 hr |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.