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Tornado Watches in Michigan, 2008
9 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- June5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- January 8, 20082 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 7:01 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:22 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Genesee, Hillsdale, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun and 33 more | 8 hr |
| May 2, 9:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch and 28 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 8 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 62 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Antrim, Benzie, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Grand Traverse and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Clare, Clinton and 24 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegan County6
- Barry County6
- Clinton County6
- Gratiot County6
- Ionia County6
- Isabella County6
- Kent County6
- Mecosta County6
- Montcalm County6
- Muskegon County6
- Newaygo County6
- Ottawa County6
- Van Buren County6
- Berrien County5
- Branch County5
- Calhoun County5
- Cass County5
- Eaton County5
- Kalamazoo County5
- Saint Joseph County5
- Bay County5
- Hillsdale County5
- Midland County5
- Saginaw County5
- Ingham County4
- Jackson County4
- Shiawassee County4
- Clare County4
- Gladwin County4
- Lake County4
- Mason County4
- Oceana County4
- Osceola County4
- Genesee County3
- Lapeer County3
- Lenawee County3
- Livingston County3
- Macomb County3
- Monroe County3
- Oakland County3
28 more counties
- Saint Clair County3
- Sanilac County3
- Tuscola County3
- Washtenaw County3
- Wayne County3
- Arenac County3
- Crawford County3
- Missaukee County3
- Montmorency County3
- Ogemaw County3
- Oscoda County3
- Roscommon County3
- Wexford County3
- Huron County2
- Antrim County2
- Benzie County2
- Grand Traverse County2
- Kalkaska County2
- Leelanau County2
- Manistee County2
- Otsego County2
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Emmet County1
- Iosco County1
- Presque Isle 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.