Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Michigan, 2012
20 severe thunderstorm watches in 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 20
- Busiest month
- July8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 3, 20122 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 27 more | 8 hr |
| May 20, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Luce, Menominee, Schoolcraft | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Menominee, Schoolcraft | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berrien, Cass | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Clare, Clinton, Genesee, Gratiot, Ingham and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Genesee, Ingham, Ionia and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcona, Arenac, Benzie, Clare, Clinton, Crawford and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe, Saint Joseph | 8 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Luce, Marquette and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alger, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Luce and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gogebic, Ontonagon | 8 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette and 1 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dickinson County7
- Iron County7
- Menominee County7
- Genesee County5
- Lapeer County5
- Livingston County5
- Macomb County5
- Oakland County5
- Saginaw County5
- Shiawassee County5
- Washtenaw County5
- Wayne County5
- Marquette County5
- Delta County5
- Bay County4
- Lenawee County4
- Midland County4
- Monroe County4
- Saint Clair County4
- Sanilac County4
- Tuscola County4
- Alcona County4
- Benzie County4
- Clare County4
- Crawford County4
- Grand Traverse County4
- Isabella County4
- Kalkaska County4
- Mecosta County4
- Osceola County4
- Oscoda County4
- Ingham County4
- Jackson County4
- Schoolcraft County4
- Huron County3
- Alpena County3
- Antrim County3
- Arenac County3
- Gladwin County3
- Iosco County3
43 more counties
- Lake County3
- Leelanau County3
- Manistee County3
- Mason County3
- Missaukee County3
- Montmorency County3
- Newaygo County3
- Oceana County3
- Ogemaw County3
- Otsego County3
- Roscommon County3
- Wexford County3
- Barry County3
- Berrien County3
- Branch County3
- Calhoun County3
- Cass County3
- Clinton County3
- Eaton County3
- Gratiot County3
- Hillsdale County3
- Ionia County3
- Montcalm County3
- Saint Joseph County3
- Baraga County3
- Gogebic County3
- Ontonagon County3
- Luce County3
- Alger County3
- Allegan County2
- Kalamazoo County2
- Kent County2
- Muskegon County2
- Ottawa County2
- Van Buren County2
- Houghton County2
- Charlevoix County2
- Cheboygan County2
- Emmet County2
- Presque Isle County2
- Keweenaw County1
- Chippewa County1
- Mackinac County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.