Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Michigan, 2012
3 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- March2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 12, 20122 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Ontonagon | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegan County1
- Arenac County1
- Barry County1
- Bay County1
- Berrien County1
- Branch County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cass County1
- Clare County1
- Clinton County1
- Eaton County1
- Gladwin County1
- Gratiot County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Ingham County1
- Ionia County1
- Isabella County1
- Jackson County1
- Kalamazoo County1
- Kent County1
- Mecosta County1
- Midland County1
- Montcalm County1
- Muskegon County1
- Newaygo County1
- Osceola County1
- Ottawa County1
- Saginaw County1
- Saint Joseph County1
- Shiawassee County1
- Van Buren County1
- Genesee County1
- Huron County1
- Lapeer County1
- Lenawee County1
- Livingston County1
- Macomb County1
- Monroe County1
- Oakland County1
- Saint Clair 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.