Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Watches / 2003
Tornado Watches in Michigan, August 2003
2 tornado watches in August 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 August 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- August 20, 20031 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gogebic County1
- Iron County1
- Ontonagon County1
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Antrim County1
- Arenac County1
- Bay County1
- Benzie County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Chippewa County1
- Clare County1
- Crawford County1
- Emmet County1
- Gladwin County1
- Grand Traverse County1
- Iosco County1
- Isabella County1
- Kalkaska County1
- Lake County1
- Leelanau County1
- Luce County1
- Mackinac County1
- Manistee County1
- Mason County1
- Mecosta County1
- Midland County1
- Missaukee County1
- Montmorency County1
- Newaygo County1
- Oceana County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Osceola County1
- Oscoda County1
- Otsego County1
- Presque Isle County1
- Roscommon County1
- Schoolcraft County1
- Wexford County1
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.