Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Michigan, 2000
6 tornado watches in 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- May5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 12, 20003 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 20, 11:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien | 6 hr |
| May 9, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arenac, Bay, Benzie, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin and 24 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie and 35 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arenac, Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 29 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barry County3
- Calhoun County3
- Clinton County3
- Eaton County3
- Genesee County3
- Ionia County3
- Kalamazoo County3
- Saint Joseph County3
- Shiawassee County3
- Arenac County3
- Bay County3
- Gladwin County3
- Gratiot County3
- Huron County3
- Isabella County3
- Lapeer County3
- Midland County3
- Montcalm County3
- Ogemaw County3
- Saginaw County3
- Sanilac County3
- Tuscola County3
- Berrien County2
- Branch County2
- Hillsdale County2
- Ingham County2
- Jackson County2
- Kent County2
- Lenawee County2
- Livingston County2
- Monroe County2
- Oakland County2
- Washtenaw County2
- Wayne County2
- Benzie County2
- Clare County2
- Crawford County2
- Grand Traverse County2
- Iosco County2
- Kalkaska County2
27 more counties
- Lake County2
- Manistee County2
- Mason County2
- Mecosta County2
- Missaukee County2
- Muskegon County2
- Newaygo County2
- Osceola County2
- Oscoda County2
- Roscommon County2
- Wexford County2
- Cass County2
- Allegan County1
- Ottawa County1
- Van Buren County1
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Antrim County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Leelanau County1
- Montmorency County1
- Oceana County1
- Otsego County1
- Presque Isle County1
- Macomb County1
- Saint Clair County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19992001
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.