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Tornado Watches in Michigan, 1997
8 tornado watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- May2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 19, 19972 tornado watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Branch, Calhoun, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry, Bay and 47 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alger, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gogebic | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Branch County6
- Calhoun County6
- Cass County5
- Saint Joseph County5
- Hillsdale County5
- Barry County4
- Eaton County4
- Kalamazoo County4
- Jackson County4
- Lenawee County4
- Monroe County4
- Ingham County3
- Macomb County3
- Washtenaw County3
- Wayne County3
- Allegan County2
- Berrien County2
- Van Buren County2
- Bay County2
- Clinton County2
- Genesee County2
- Lapeer County2
- Livingston County2
- Oakland County2
- Saginaw County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Sanilac County2
- Shiawassee County2
- Tuscola County2
- Gogebic County2
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Antrim County1
- Arenac County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Clare County1
- Crawford County1
- Emmet County1
- Gladwin County1
- Gratiot County1
20 more counties
- Huron County1
- Ionia County1
- Iosco County1
- Isabella County1
- Kalkaska County1
- Kent County1
- Mecosta County1
- Midland County1
- Missaukee County1
- Montcalm County1
- Montmorency County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Osceola County1
- Oscoda County1
- Otsego County1
- Presque Isle County1
- Roscommon County1
- Alger County1
- Dickinson County1
- Iron 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.