Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Michigan, May 1997
3 severe thunderstorm watches 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- May 1, 19971 severe thunderstorm watches
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, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Genesee, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale and 7 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hillsdale County2
- Jackson County2
- Lenawee County2
- Monroe County2
- Washtenaw County2
- Allegan County2
- Berrien County2
- Branch County2
- Calhoun County2
- Cass County2
- Kalamazoo County2
- Saint Joseph County2
- Van Buren County2
- Clinton County1
- Genesee County1
- Gratiot County1
- Ingham County1
- Lapeer County1
- Livingston County1
- Macomb County1
- Oakland County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Shiawassee County1
- Wayne County1
Nearby
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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.