Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Michigan, 2018
8 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- June3 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 17, 20181 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, Marquette, Ontonagon | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Antrim, Barry, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and 22 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Branch, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 43 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Eaton, Hillsdale and 4 more | 87 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baraga County4
- Houghton County4
- Marquette County4
- Ontonagon County4
- Dickinson County3
- Gogebic County3
- Iron County3
- Menominee County3
- Barry County3
- Keweenaw County2
- Alger County2
- Delta County2
- Schoolcraft County2
- Allegan County2
- Antrim County2
- Benzie County2
- Charlevoix County2
- Crawford County2
- Grand Traverse County2
- Ionia County2
- Kalkaska County2
- Kent County2
- Lake County2
- Leelanau County2
- Manistee County2
- Mason County2
- Mecosta County2
- Missaukee County2
- Montcalm County2
- Muskegon County2
- Newaygo County2
- Oceana County2
- Osceola County2
- Otsego County2
- Ottawa County2
- Wexford County2
- Branch County2
- Hillsdale County2
- Ingham County2
- Jackson County2
41 more counties
- Saint Clair County2
- Kalamazoo County2
- Cheboygan County1
- Chippewa County1
- Emmet County1
- Mackinac County1
- Lenawee County1
- Livingston County1
- Macomb County1
- Monroe County1
- Oakland County1
- Washtenaw County1
- Wayne County1
- Luce County1
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Arenac County1
- Bay County1
- Clare County1
- Clinton County1
- Genesee County1
- Gladwin County1
- Gratiot County1
- Huron County1
- Iosco County1
- Isabella County1
- Lapeer County1
- Midland County1
- Montmorency County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Oscoda County1
- Roscommon County1
- Saginaw County1
- Sanilac County1
- Shiawassee County1
- Tuscola County1
- Van Buren County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cass County1
- Eaton County1
- Saint Joseph 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.