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Tornado Watches in Michigan, 2024

4 tornado watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
4
Busiest month
May2 tornado watches
Busiest day
May 7, 20242 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 2:28 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Kent, Ottawa and 2 more12 hr
May 7, 4:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Hillsdale and 6 more6 hr
Jul 15, 7:53 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegan, Barry, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Saint Joseph and 1 more6 hr
Aug 6, 8:04 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBranch, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo and 3 more9 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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.