Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 2025
35 tornado warnings 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 35
- Busiest month
- May16 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 16, 202516 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 5:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ionia, Kent | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry, Ionia, Kent | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kent, Montcalm, Newaygo | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Eaton, Ingham, Jackson | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Livingston, Shiawassee | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham | 8 min |
| Mar 30, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Shiawassee | 31 min |
| May 15, 9:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Newaygo, Ottawa | 42 min |
| May 15, 10:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Ottawa | 43 min |
| May 15, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kent, Montcalm, Newaygo | 33 min |
| May 15, 10:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Kent | 42 min |
| May 15, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry | 47 min |
| May 15, 10:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Barry, Eaton, Ionia | 47 min |
| May 15, 11:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Kalamazoo | 43 min |
| May 15, 11:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Eaton | 27 min |
| May 15, 11:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot | 32 min |
| May 15, 11:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham | 41 min |
| May 15, 11:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Bay, Midland, Saginaw | 64 min |
| May 15, 11:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 45 min |
| May 16, 12:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Livingston | 31 min |
| May 16, 12:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Oakland | 28 min |
| May 16, 12:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer | 27 min |
| May 16, 12:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Oakland | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 1:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Macomb | 10 min |
| Jun 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Branch | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Ingham | 10 min |
| Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Gladwin, Ogemaw, Roscommon | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Huron | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 11:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Bay, Midland | 41 min |
| Sep 22, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Antrim | 48 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kent County5
- Branch County4
- Ionia County4
- Barry County4
- Ingham County4
- Montcalm County3
- Newaygo County3
- Eaton County3
- Allegan County3
- Clinton County2
- Gratiot County2
- Livingston County2
- Shiawassee County2
- Ottawa County2
- Bay County2
- Midland County2
- Saginaw County2
- Oakland County2
- Saint Joseph County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Jackson County1
- Muskegon County1
- Calhoun County1
- Kalamazoo County1
- Genesee County1
- Lapeer County1
- Macomb County1
- Gladwin County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Roscommon County1
- Huron County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Antrim 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.