Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Michigan, 2026
6 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- April3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 10, 20261 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 10, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Eaton and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Cass | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 5 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Berrien County5
- Cass County5
- Saint Joseph County4
- Branch County3
- Allegan County3
- Barry County3
- Calhoun County3
- Eaton County3
- Kalamazoo County3
- Van Buren County3
- Bay County2
- Clinton County2
- Genesee County2
- Gratiot County2
- Hillsdale County2
- Ingham County2
- Ionia County2
- Isabella County2
- Jackson County2
- Kent County2
- Lapeer County2
- Lenawee County2
- Livingston County2
- Macomb County2
- Mecosta County2
- Midland County2
- Monroe County2
- Montcalm County2
- Muskegon County2
- Newaygo County2
- Oakland County2
- Ottawa County2
- Saginaw County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Shiawassee County2
- Washtenaw County2
- Wayne County2
- Clare County1
- Huron County1
- Lake County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.