Alert archive / Michigan / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Michigan, 2026
4 high wind 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- March3 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 12, 20263 high wind 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 1:24 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:30 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | IWX | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:27 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:45 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 14 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houghton County1
- Keweenaw County1
- Berrien County1
- Branch County1
- Cass County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Saint Joseph County1
- Bay County1
- Genesee County1
- Huron County1
- Lapeer County1
- Lenawee County1
- Livingston County1
- Macomb County1
- Midland County1
- Monroe County1
- Oakland County1
- Saginaw County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Sanilac County1
- Shiawassee County1
- Tuscola County1
- Washtenaw County1
- Wayne County1
- Allegan County1
- Barry County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clinton County1
- Eaton County1
- Gratiot County1
- Ingham County1
- Ionia County1
- Isabella County1
- Jackson County1
- Kalamazoo County1
- Kent County1
- Mason County1
- Mecosta County1
- Montcalm County1
- Muskegon County1
4 more counties
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.