Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Watches / 2011
Tornado Watches in Michigan, May 2011
3 tornado watches in May 2011. 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 May 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20111 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 9:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 9 hr |
| May 29, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 28 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Berrien County2
- Branch County2
- Cass County2
- Saint Joseph County2
- Baraga County1
- Dickinson County1
- Gogebic County1
- Houghton County1
- Iron County1
- Marquette County1
- Menominee County1
- Ontonagon County1
- Allegan County1
- Barry County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clinton County1
- Eaton County1
- Genesee County1
- Gratiot County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Ingham County1
- Ionia County1
- Jackson County1
- Kalamazoo County1
- Kent County1
- Lapeer County1
- Lenawee County1
- Livingston County1
- Macomb County1
- Monroe County1
- Montcalm County1
- Muskegon County1
- Oakland County1
- Ottawa County1
- Saginaw County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Sanilac County1
- Shiawassee County1
- Tuscola County1
- Van Buren County1
2 more counties
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.