Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Michigan, May 2012
4 severe thunderstorm watches 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- May 3, 20122 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dickinson County2
- Iron County2
- Menominee County2
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Antrim County1
- Arenac County1
- Bay County1
- Benzie County1
- Clare County1
- Crawford County1
- Gladwin County1
- Grand Traverse County1
- Iosco County1
- Isabella County1
- Kalkaska County1
- Lake County1
- Leelanau County1
- Manistee County1
- Mason County1
- Mecosta County1
- Midland County1
- Missaukee County1
- Montmorency County1
- Newaygo County1
- Oceana County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Osceola County1
- Oscoda County1
- Otsego County1
- Roscommon County1
- Wexford County1
- Allegan County1
- Barry County1
- Berrien County1
- Branch County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cass County1
- Clinton County1
- Eaton County1
33 more counties
- Genesee County1
- Gratiot County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Huron County1
- Ingham County1
- Ionia County1
- Jackson County1
- Kalamazoo County1
- Kent County1
- Lapeer County1
- Livingston County1
- Macomb County1
- Montcalm County1
- Muskegon County1
- Oakland County1
- Ottawa County1
- Saginaw County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Saint Joseph County1
- Sanilac County1
- Shiawassee County1
- Tuscola County1
- Van Buren County1
- Washtenaw County1
- Wayne County1
- Baraga County1
- Gogebic County1
- Houghton County1
- Marquette County1
- Ontonagon County1
- Delta County1
- Luce County1
- Schoolcraft 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.