High Wind Watches in Michigan
93 high wind 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 93
- Busiest year
- 20059 high wind watches
- Average year
- 4over 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.
- Saint Clair County29
- Huron County27
- Lenawee County27
- Livingston County27
- Macomb County27
- Monroe County27
- Oakland County27
- Sanilac County27
- Washtenaw County27
- Wayne County27
- Genesee County26
- Lapeer County26
- Tuscola County26
- Shiawassee County25
- Bay County24
- Saginaw County24
- Midland County23
- Keweenaw County18
- Allegan County16
- Ottawa County16
- Van Buren County16
- Houghton County15
- Calhoun County14
- Clinton County14
- Eaton County14
- Ingham County14
- Ionia County14
- Jackson County14
- Kent County14
- Muskegon County14
- Barry County13
- Kalamazoo County13
- Branch County13
- Cass County13
- Hillsdale County13
- Saint Joseph County13
- Mason County12
- Montcalm County12
- Oceana County12
- Alger County11
43 more counties
- Gratiot County11
- Isabella County11
- Arenac County10
- Leelanau County10
- Manistee County10
- Mecosta County10
- Alcona County9
- Benzie County9
- Clare County9
- Emmet County9
- Gladwin County9
- Iosco County9
- Newaygo County9
- Osceola County9
- Presque Isle County9
- Alpena County8
- Cheboygan County8
- Lake County8
- Luce County8
- Marquette County8
- Ogemaw County8
- Oscoda County8
- Antrim County7
- Grand Traverse County7
- Missaukee County7
- Montmorency County7
- Roscommon County7
- Wexford County7
- Baraga County6
- Crawford County6
- Kalkaska County6
- Ontonagon County6
- Otsego County6
- Menominee County4
- Schoolcraft County4
- Delta County3
- Dickinson County3
- Gogebic County3
- Iron County3
- Charlevoix County3
- Mackinac County3
- Berrien County3
- Chippewa County1
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2:45 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 14 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:27 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:30 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | IWX | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 11 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:24 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 12 hr |
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.