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Tornado Watches in Michigan, 2002
8 tornado watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- August2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- October 4, 20022 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 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dickinson | 5 hr |
| Oct 4, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Antrim, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch and 43 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Genesee, Huron and 15 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dickinson County3
- Barry County3
- Branch County3
- Calhoun County3
- Eaton County3
- Hillsdale County3
- Jackson County3
- Lenawee County3
- Monroe County3
- Washtenaw County3
- Wayne County3
- Bay County3
- Clinton County3
- Genesee County3
- Gratiot County3
- Ionia County3
- Isabella County3
- Kent County3
- Mecosta County3
- Midland County3
- Montcalm County3
- Saginaw County3
- Shiawassee County3
- Tuscola County3
- Alger County2
- Baraga County2
- Delta County2
- Iron County2
- Marquette County2
- Menominee County2
- Alcona County2
- Alpena County2
- Antrim County2
- Arenac County2
- Cheboygan County2
- Clare County2
- Crawford County2
- Emmet County2
- Gladwin County2
- Grand Traverse County2
43 more counties
- Huron County2
- Iosco County2
- Kalkaska County2
- Lake County2
- Missaukee County2
- Montmorency County2
- Muskegon County2
- Newaygo County2
- Oceana County2
- Ogemaw County2
- Osceola County2
- Oscoda County2
- Otsego County2
- Ottawa County2
- Roscommon County2
- Wexford County2
- Allegan County2
- Berrien County2
- Cass County2
- Ingham County2
- Kalamazoo County2
- Lapeer County2
- Livingston County2
- Macomb County2
- Oakland County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Saint Joseph County2
- Sanilac County2
- Van Buren County2
- Gogebic County1
- Houghton County1
- Keweenaw County1
- Ontonagon County1
- Schoolcraft County1
- Presque Isle County1
- Benzie County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Chippewa County1
- Leelanau County1
- Luce County1
- Mackinac County1
- Manistee County1
- Mason 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.