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Tornado Watches in Michigan, 2004
8 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- May3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 23, 20042 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, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Iron | 5 hr |
| May 22, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 11:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 21 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Cass, Saint Joseph | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 55 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gogebic, Iron | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barry County5
- Calhoun County5
- Eaton County5
- Genesee County5
- Hillsdale County5
- Ingham County5
- Jackson County5
- Kalamazoo County5
- Lapeer County5
- Livingston County5
- Macomb County5
- Monroe County5
- Oakland County5
- Shiawassee County5
- Washtenaw County5
- Wayne County5
- Cass County5
- Saint Joseph County5
- Clinton County4
- Ionia County4
- Saint Clair County4
- Branch County4
- Lenawee County4
- Gratiot County3
- Saginaw County3
- Allegan County3
- Berrien County3
- Van Buren County3
- Iron County2
- Kent County2
- Montcalm County2
- Ottawa County2
- Sanilac County2
- Bay County2
- Midland County2
- Tuscola County2
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Antrim County1
- Arenac County1
26 more counties
- Benzie County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Clare County1
- Crawford County1
- Emmet County1
- Gladwin County1
- Grand Traverse County1
- Huron County1
- Iosco County1
- Isabella County1
- Kalkaska County1
- Lake County1
- Leelanau County1
- Mecosta County1
- Missaukee County1
- Montmorency County1
- Newaygo County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Osceola County1
- Oscoda County1
- Otsego County1
- Presque Isle County1
- Roscommon County1
- Wexford County1
- Gogebic 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.