Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Michigan, 2015
5 tornado watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- July2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 9, 20151 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 9, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw and 1 more | 98 min |
| May 11, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Branch, Genesee, Hillsdale, Huron, Ingham, Jackson and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Cass, Saint Joseph | 7 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 18 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saint Joseph County4
- Lenawee County3
- Livingston County3
- Macomb County3
- Monroe County3
- Oakland County3
- Washtenaw County3
- Wayne County3
- Branch County3
- Hillsdale County3
- Ingham County3
- Jackson County3
- Berrien County3
- Cass County3
- Genesee County2
- Huron County2
- Lapeer County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Sanilac County2
- Shiawassee County2
- Tuscola County2
- Allegan County2
- Barry County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clinton County2
- Eaton County2
- Gratiot County2
- Ionia County2
- Kalamazoo County2
- Van Buren County2
- Bay County1
- Saginaw County1
- Isabella County1
- Kent County1
- Mecosta County1
- Montcalm County1
- Muskegon County1
- Newaygo County1
- Oceana County1
- Ottawa 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.