Tornado Watches in Michigan
168 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 168
- Busiest year
- 201014 tornado watches
- Average year
- 6over 29 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Joseph County75
- Cass County72
- Branch County69
- Calhoun County68
- Barry County67
- Berrien County67
- Kalamazoo County66
- Eaton County65
- Hillsdale County61
- Jackson County61
- Ingham County58
- Van Buren County58
- Allegan County57
- Lenawee County56
- Clinton County55
- Monroe County55
- Washtenaw County55
- Ionia County54
- Kent County50
- Livingston County50
- Gratiot County49
- Montcalm County49
- Wayne County49
- Shiawassee County48
- Oakland County47
- Isabella County46
- Macomb County46
- Genesee County44
- Mecosta County44
- Saginaw County44
- Bay County43
- Lapeer County42
- Ottawa County42
- Midland County41
- Tuscola County41
- Saint Clair County40
- Newaygo County40
- Sanilac County38
- Muskegon County33
- Huron County32
43 more counties
- Clare County31
- Iron County30
- Gladwin County29
- Ogemaw County29
- Osceola County29
- Roscommon County28
- Arenac County26
- Missaukee County26
- Lake County26
- Crawford County25
- Dickinson County25
- Gogebic County25
- Iosco County25
- Oceana County25
- Kalkaska County24
- Wexford County24
- Oscoda County23
- Grand Traverse County22
- Menominee County22
- Mason County21
- Antrim County20
- Otsego County20
- Baraga County20
- Alcona County19
- Montmorency County19
- Benzie County19
- Marquette County19
- Ontonagon County19
- Alpena County18
- Manistee County18
- Cheboygan County17
- Emmet County17
- Leelanau County16
- Presque Isle County15
- Delta County15
- Charlevoix County14
- Houghton County14
- Alger County12
- Schoolcraft County12
- Luce County9
- Mackinac County7
- Chippewa County6
- Keweenaw County2
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Cass | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Eaton and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.