River Flood Watches in Michigan
90 river flood 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 river flood watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 90
- Busiest year
- 201913 river flood watches
- Average year
- 5over 17 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.
- Newaygo County14
- Kent County10
- Clinton County8
- Kalamazoo County7
- Saint Joseph County7
- Branch County6
- Menominee County6
- Arenac County5
- Marquette County5
- Ottawa County5
- Wexford County4
- Houghton County4
- Osceola County3
- Dickinson County3
- Iron County2
- Ingham County2
- Ionia County2
- Allegan County1
- Jackson County1
- Cass County1
- Baraga County1
- Isabella County1
The latest river flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Newaygo | 6 days |
| Apr 12, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Newaygo | 7 days |
| Apr 12, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Osceola | 4 days |
| Apr 12, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Newaygo | 4 days |
| Apr 11, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | MQT | Iron | 95 min |
| Apr 4, 10:28 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Kent | 13 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Kent | 71 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Kent | 5 days |
| Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Ionia | 4 days |
| Apr 4, 8:51 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Ottawa | 8 days |
| Apr 2, 12:50 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Newaygo | 4 days |
| Apr 2, 12:50 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Newaygo | 5 days |
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.