Alert archive / Michigan / Mesoscale Discussions / 2012
Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, May 2012
17 mesoscale discussions in May 2012. 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 mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 17
- Busiest day
- May 3, 20126 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot, Ingham, Jackson and 13 more | 93 min |
| May 3, 12:51 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Manistee, Mason, Oceana | 54 min |
| May 3, 11:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arenac, Bay, Clare, Clinton, Genesee, Gladwin and 28 more | 86 min |
| May 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie, Clare, Crawford and 18 more | 66 min |
| May 3, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berrien | 67 min |
| May 3, 4:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 15 more | 57 min |
| May 3, 6:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 28 more | 63 min |
| May 3, 8:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegan, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Eaton and 18 more | 24 min |
| May 20, 11:52 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Iron | 113 min |
| May 20, 3:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron, Marquette, Menominee | 2 hr |
| May 20, 8:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lake, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa | 53 min |
| May 24, 7:33 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Iron | 57 min |
| May 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gogebic, Iron | 116 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron | 2 hr |
| May 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kent and 2 more | 67 min |
| May 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Luce, Menominee, Schoolcraft | 92 min |
| May 28, 8:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more | 93 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Eaton County6
- Iron County6
- Clinton County5
- Genesee County5
- Gratiot County5
- Ingham County5
- Lapeer County5
- Shiawassee County5
- Ionia County5
- Kent County5
- Jackson County4
- Livingston County4
- Monroe County4
- Saginaw County4
- Saint Clair County4
- Tuscola County4
- Washtenaw County4
- Lake County4
- Newaygo County4
- Sanilac County4
- Barry County4
- Calhoun County4
- Kalamazoo County4
- Lenawee County3
- Macomb County3
- Midland County3
- Oakland County3
- Wayne County3
- Manistee County3
- Oceana County3
- Bay County3
- Clare County3
- Huron County3
- Isabella County3
- Mecosta County3
- Montcalm County3
- Osceola County3
- Ottawa County3
- Berrien County3
- Allegan County3
32 more counties
- Cass County3
- Van Buren County3
- Baraga County3
- Dickinson County3
- Mason County2
- Arenac County2
- Gladwin County2
- Missaukee County2
- Muskegon County2
- Ogemaw County2
- Oscoda County2
- Roscommon County2
- Wexford County2
- Branch County2
- Hillsdale County2
- Saint Joseph County2
- Houghton County2
- Menominee County2
- Gogebic County2
- Iosco County1
- Antrim County1
- Benzie County1
- Crawford County1
- Grand Traverse County1
- Kalkaska County1
- Leelanau County1
- Montmorency County1
- Otsego County1
- Marquette County1
- Delta County1
- Luce County1
- Schoolcraft County1
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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.