Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Michigan, 2003
7 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- May3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 31, 20032 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 12:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| May 30, 10:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gogebic, Iron, Ontonagon | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 12, 4:40 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Monroe, Washtenaw | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Berrien County4
- Newaygo County3
- Oceana County3
- Bay County2
- Branch County2
- Cass County2
- Isabella County2
- Mecosta County2
- Midland County2
- Muskegon County2
- Ottawa County2
- Saint Joseph County2
- Allegan County1
- Barry County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clinton County1
- Eaton County1
- Gratiot County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Ingham County1
- Ionia County1
- Jackson County1
- Kalamazoo County1
- Kent County1
- Montcalm County1
- Saginaw County1
- Shiawassee County1
- Van Buren County1
- Gogebic County1
- Iron County1
- Ontonagon County1
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Antrim County1
- Arenac County1
- Benzie County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Chippewa County1
- Clare County1
24 more counties
- Crawford County1
- Emmet County1
- Gladwin County1
- Grand Traverse County1
- Iosco County1
- Kalkaska County1
- Lake County1
- Leelanau County1
- Luce County1
- Mackinac County1
- Manistee County1
- Mason County1
- Missaukee County1
- Montmorency County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Osceola County1
- Oscoda County1
- Otsego County1
- Presque Isle County1
- Roscommon County1
- Schoolcraft County1
- Wexford County1
- Monroe County1
- Washtenaw 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.