Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2016
25 winter storm watches in 2016. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- January7 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 8, 20164 winter storm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 14 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:29 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Bay, Midland, Saginaw | 13 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 15 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:26 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Cheboygan and 16 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 11 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:23 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Luce and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 8, 4:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Alcona, Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw | 25 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 12 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:40 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 13 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:54 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Bay, Huron, Midland, Saginaw, Sanilac, Tuscola | 35 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:18 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Cheboygan and 16 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:55 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Menominee | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:09 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Gogebic, Ontonagon | 14 hr |
| Dec 6, 2:05 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Allegan, Kalamazoo, Lake, Mason, Oceana, Ottawa and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 6, 4:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:55 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 9 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:01 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | 11 hr | |
| Dec 23, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Montmorency and 3 more | 37 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benzie County5
- Grand Traverse County5
- Leelanau County5
- Manistee County5
- Wexford County5
- Cass County4
- Saint Joseph County4
- Bay County4
- Midland County4
- Saginaw County4
- Allegan County4
- Ottawa County4
- Alcona County4
- Cheboygan County4
- Crawford County4
- Emmet County4
- Otsego County4
- Branch County3
- Barry County3
- Clare County3
- Clinton County3
- Eaton County3
- Gratiot County3
- Ionia County3
- Isabella County3
- Kalamazoo County3
- Kent County3
- Lake County3
- Mason County3
- Mecosta County3
- Montcalm County3
- Oceana County3
- Van Buren County3
- Alpena County3
- Antrim County3
- Arenac County3
- Gladwin County3
- Iosco County3
- Kalkaska County3
- Missaukee County3
37 more counties
- Montmorency County3
- Ogemaw County3
- Oscoda County3
- Presque Isle County3
- Genesee County3
- Huron County3
- Lapeer County3
- Saint Clair County3
- Sanilac County3
- Shiawassee County3
- Tuscola County3
- Calhoun County2
- Muskegon County2
- Newaygo County2
- Osceola County2
- Roscommon County2
- Hillsdale County2
- Menominee County2
- Lenawee County2
- Livingston County2
- Macomb County2
- Monroe County2
- Oakland County2
- Washtenaw County2
- Wayne County2
- Ingham County2
- Alger County1
- Baraga County1
- Delta County1
- Dickinson County1
- Iron County1
- Luce County1
- Marquette County1
- Schoolcraft County1
- Jackson County1
- Gogebic County1
- Ontonagon County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.