Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Michigan, 2025
12 severe thunderstorm watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- March4 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 30, 20252 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 1:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bay, Genesee, Hillsdale, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 49 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Luce, Marquette, Menominee and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette, Ontonagon | 7 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair and 2 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hillsdale County7
- Calhoun County7
- Kalamazoo County7
- Branch County6
- Cass County6
- Saint Joseph County6
- Jackson County6
- Van Buren County6
- Barry County6
- Eaton County6
- Berrien County5
- Allegan County5
- Clinton County5
- Ingham County5
- Lenawee County5
- Livingston County5
- Washtenaw County5
- Ionia County4
- Genesee County4
- Macomb County4
- Monroe County4
- Oakland County4
- Saint Clair County4
- Shiawassee County4
- Wayne County4
- Gratiot County3
- Kent County3
- Ottawa County3
- Bay County3
- Lapeer County3
- Midland County3
- Saginaw County3
- Tuscola County3
- Montcalm County2
- Muskegon County2
- Huron County2
- Sanilac County2
- Marquette County2
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
35 more counties
- Antrim County1
- Arenac County1
- Benzie County1
- Clare County1
- Crawford County1
- Gladwin County1
- Grand Traverse County1
- Iosco County1
- Isabella County1
- Kalkaska County1
- Lake County1
- Manistee County1
- Mason County1
- Mecosta County1
- Missaukee County1
- Montmorency County1
- Newaygo County1
- Oceana County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Osceola County1
- Oscoda County1
- Otsego County1
- Roscommon County1
- Wexford County1
- Alger County1
- Delta County1
- Dickinson County1
- Luce County1
- Menominee County1
- Schoolcraft County1
- Baraga County1
- Gogebic County1
- Houghton County1
- Iron County1
- Ontonagon County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.