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Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 2026

75 tornado warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
75
Busiest month
April29 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 15, 202620 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 3:14 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph31 min
Mar 6, 3:38 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph37 min
Mar 6, 4:03 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatIWXBranch, Saint Joseph27 min
Mar 6, 4:26 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXBranch, Saint Joseph20 min
Mar 6, 4:36 PM ESTTornado WarningGRRCalhoun42 min
Mar 6, 5:43 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXHillsdale22 min
Apr 2, 6:27 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRKalamazoo, Van Buren25 min
Apr 2, 6:40 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph35 min
Apr 2, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRKalamazoo, Van Buren44 min
Apr 2, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRCalhoun, Kalamazoo25 min
Apr 2, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRCalhoun, Kalamazoo25 min
Apr 4, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXWayne26 min
Apr 4, 6:03 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXMonroe27 min
Apr 4, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXMacomb, Oakland33 min
Apr 14, 9:54 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRMuskegon, Newaygo25 min
Apr 14, 10:01 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRMuskegon, Ottawa29 min
Apr 14, 10:09 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRMontcalm36 min
Apr 14, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford36 min
Apr 14, 10:51 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRKent24 min
Apr 14, 10:54 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRIonia, Montcalm13 min
Apr 14, 11:01 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot44 min
Apr 14, 11:03 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRBarry, Ionia27 min
Apr 14, 11:14 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRClinton29 min
Apr 14, 11:17 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRGratiot28 min
Apr 14, 11:27 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaginaw39 min
Apr 14, 11:38 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRAllegan29 min
Apr 14, 11:39 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXShiawassee32 min
Apr 14, 11:56 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaginaw14 min
Apr 14, 11:59 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRBarry35 min
Apr 15, 1:02 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch13 min
Apr 15, 1:14 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch, Hillsdale31 min
Apr 15, 1:31 AM EDTTornado WarningDTXWashtenaw28 min
Apr 15, 1:51 AM EDTTornado WarningDTXWayne39 min
Apr 15, 1:55 AM EDTTornado WarningDTXLenawee, Monroe31 min
Apr 18, 12:42 AM EDTTornado WarningIWXBerrien, Cass33 min
May 17, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXHuron, Tuscola38 min
May 17, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXHuron, Sanilac41 min
Jun 9, 11:50 AM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaginaw, Shiawassee40 min
Jun 9, 12:30 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaginaw45 min
Jun 9, 12:34 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaginaw, Shiawassee41 min
Jun 9, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXGenesee47 min
Jun 9, 2:20 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXWayne27 min
Jun 10, 8:36 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXBay, Tuscola39 min
Jun 10, 9:00 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXAlcona, Oscoda30 min
Jun 11, 8:42 PM EDTTornado WarningGRROttawa38 min
Jun 11, 9:05 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBerrien40 min
Jun 11, 9:07 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRKent38 min
Jun 11, 9:26 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBerrien38 min
Jun 11, 9:28 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRBarry, Ionia, Kent29 min
Jun 11, 9:54 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRClinton, Eaton, Ionia36 min
Jun 11, 10:13 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXCass47 min
Jun 11, 10:42 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph48 min
Jun 16, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBerrien, Cass46 min
Jun 30, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTAlger, Delta46 min
Jul 3, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRIngham29 min
Jul 20, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTDickinson, Iron34 min
Jul 20, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTDickinson, Marquette41 min
Jul 20, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTMarquette44 min
Jul 20, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTDelta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee38 min
Jul 20, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTAlger, Marquette38 min
Jul 20, 6:53 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTDelta27 min
Jul 20, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTAlger26 min
Jul 20, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTDelta, Menominee52 min
Aug 11, 12:34 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBerrien, Cass56 min
Sep 2, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaint Clair45 min
Sep 3, 1:47 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRGratiot12 min
Sep 3, 1:48 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXMidland, Saginaw42 min
Sep 3, 3:05 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXLivingston40 min
Sep 3, 3:06 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRIngham8 min
Sep 3, 3:32 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXWashtenaw33 min
Sep 3, 3:36 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXOakland39 min
Sep 3, 3:48 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXWayne42 min
Sep 3, 3:53 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXLenawee33 min
Sep 3, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXMacomb31 min
Sep 3, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXMonroe26 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

8 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 15, 202620tornado warnings
  2. September 3, 202610tornado warnings
  3. June 12, 20268tornado warnings
  4. July 20, 20268tornado warnings
  5. March 6, 20266tornado warnings
  6. April 2, 20265tornado warnings
  7. June 9, 20265tornado warnings
  8. April 4, 20263tornado warnings
  9. May 17, 20262tornado warnings
  10. June 11, 20262tornado warnings
  11. April 18, 20261tornado warnings
  12. June 16, 20261tornado warnings

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.