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Tornado Watches in Michigan, 1998
9 tornado watches in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- June3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 25, 19982 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 9:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Delta, Dickinson, Menominee | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Berrien, Van Buren | 6 hr |
| May 15, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 3:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 61 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Clare and 18 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alcona County5
- Alpena County5
- Antrim County5
- Cheboygan County5
- Crawford County5
- Emmet County5
- Grand Traverse County5
- Iosco County5
- Kalkaska County5
- Missaukee County5
- Montmorency County5
- Ogemaw County5
- Oscoda County5
- Otsego County5
- Roscommon County5
- Benzie County4
- Leelanau County4
- Manistee County4
- Presque Isle County4
- Wexford County4
- Allegan County3
- Van Buren County3
- Bay County3
- Charlevoix County3
- Sanilac County3
- Tuscola County3
- Dickinson County2
- Menominee County2
- Arenac County2
- Barry County2
- Branch County2
- Calhoun County2
- Cass County2
- Clare County2
- Clinton County2
- Eaton County2
- Genesee County2
- Gladwin County2
- Gratiot County2
- Hillsdale County2
41 more counties
- Huron County2
- Ingham County2
- Ionia County2
- Isabella County2
- Jackson County2
- Kalamazoo County2
- Kent County2
- Lake County2
- Lapeer County2
- Lenawee County2
- Livingston County2
- Macomb County2
- Mason County2
- Mecosta County2
- Midland County2
- Monroe County2
- Montcalm County2
- Newaygo County2
- Oakland County2
- Osceola County2
- Ottawa County2
- Saginaw County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Saint Joseph County2
- Shiawassee County2
- Washtenaw County2
- Wayne County2
- Delta County1
- Berrien County1
- Baraga County1
- Gogebic County1
- Houghton County1
- Iron County1
- Marquette County1
- Ontonagon County1
- Muskegon County1
- Oceana County1
- Chippewa County1
- Luce County1
- Mackinac County1
- Schoolcraft 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.