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Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 2002
30 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 30
- Busiest month
- August16 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 1, 20029 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Dickinson, Iron | 39 min |
| May 30, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Dickinson, Menominee | 47 min |
| May 30, 10:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Delta | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 8:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 9:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 9:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 9:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Kalamazoo | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 10:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 4:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Ogemaw, Roscommon | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Macomb, Saint Clair | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 12:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Baraga, Iron | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 12:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Gogebic | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 12:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Marquette | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Iron | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 1:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Charlevoix | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Otsego | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Presque Isle | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Presque Isle | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Osceola | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 9:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clare | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Mecosta | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Newaygo | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 10:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Mecosta | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Montcalm | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 1:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 24 min |
| Sep 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Emmet | 27 min |
| Sep 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Emmet | 27 min |
| Sep 30, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Dickinson | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dickinson County3
- Iron County3
- Allegan County3
- Kalamazoo County2
- Presque Isle County2
- Mecosta County2
- Emmet County2
- Menominee County1
- Delta County1
- Branch County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Calhoun County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Roscommon County1
- Macomb County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Baraga County1
- Gogebic County1
- Marquette County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Otsego County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Osceola County1
- Clare County1
- Newaygo County1
- Montcalm 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. Rebuilt daily.