Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 2016
16 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 16
- Busiest month
- August9 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 20, 20167 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 24, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Baraga, Marquette | 33 min |
| May 24, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Marquette | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Bay | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Arenac | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Bay | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Baraga | 13 min |
| Jul 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Marquette | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 2:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Ottawa | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 2:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Kent, Ottawa | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry, Eaton | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kent | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kent, Montcalm | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ionia, Montcalm | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 1:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 48 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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.