Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, May 1997
38 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1997. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 38
- Busiest day
- May 5, 199714 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Saint Joseph | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 51 min |
| May 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 48 min |
| May 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan | 65 min |
| May 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kent | 59 min |
| May 5, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 31 min |
| May 5, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Ionia | 63 min |
| May 5, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 63 min |
| May 5, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Lake | 35 min |
| May 5, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mecosta | 66 min |
| May 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Branch, Hillsdale | 61 min |
| May 5, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Roscommon | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham | 59 min |
| May 5, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Isabella | 63 min |
| May 5, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 45 min |
| May 5, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 35 min |
| May 5, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee | 49 min |
| May 5, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 25 min |
| May 5, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Wayne | 48 min |
| May 8, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Osceola | 32 min |
| May 8, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clare | 66 min |
| May 8, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 62 min |
| May 8, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mecosta | 50 min |
| May 8, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Midland, Saginaw | 43 min |
| May 8, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Bay | 34 min |
| May 8, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac | 50 min |
| May 8, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Tuscola | 49 min |
| May 18, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 48 min |
| May 18, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 36 min |
| May 18, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Berrien, Van Buren | 65 min |
| May 18, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Cass | 35 min |
| May 18, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Saint Joseph | 51 min |
| May 18, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Branch, Calhoun | 47 min |
| May 18, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 49 min |
| May 18, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Hillsdale | 50 min |
| May 18, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland | 48 min |
| May 18, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 57 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ottawa County3
- Saint Joseph County2
- Calhoun County2
- Mecosta County2
- Branch County2
- Hillsdale County2
- Gladwin County2
- Saginaw County2
- Van Buren County2
- Allegan County1
- Kent County1
- Barry County1
- Ionia County1
- Kalamazoo County1
- Lake County1
- Roscommon County1
- Ingham County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Isabella County1
- Genesee County1
- Washtenaw County1
- Wayne County1
- Osceola County1
- Clare County1
- Midland County1
- Bay County1
- Arenac County1
- Tuscola County1
- Berrien County1
- Cass County1
- Jackson County1
- Oakland County1
- Lenawee 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.