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Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2017
16 winter storm watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 16
- Busiest month
- December10 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- April 4, 20172 winter storm watches
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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 29, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Cass | 313 days |
| Apr 4, 3:58 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Clare, Ionia, Isabella, Kent, Lake, Mecosta and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:05 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Cheboygan, Crawford, Gladwin and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:42 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Bay, Huron, Midland, Saginaw, Shiawassee, Tuscola | 251 days |
| Oct 26, 4:21 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Gogebic, Ontonagon | 12 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:28 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Luce, Schoolcraft | 11 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 13 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Cheboygan, Emmet | 13 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Marquette | 24 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:41 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 9 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Midland and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Antrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Otsego | 22 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:51 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Luce | 20 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:03 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Schoolcraft | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:37 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 29, 3:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Cass | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cass County3
- Cheboygan County2
- Crawford County2
- Kalkaska County2
- Otsego County2
- Midland County2
- Saginaw County2
- Shiawassee County2
- Luce County2
- Schoolcraft County2
- Alger County2
- Clare County1
- Ionia County1
- Isabella County1
- Kent County1
- Lake County1
- Mecosta County1
- Montcalm County1
- Newaygo County1
- Osceola County1
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Arenac County1
- Gladwin County1
- Iosco County1
- Missaukee County1
- Montmorency County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Oscoda County1
- Presque Isle County1
- Roscommon County1
- Wexford County1
- Bay County1
- Huron County1
- Tuscola County1
- Gogebic County1
- Ontonagon County1
- Houghton County1
- Keweenaw County1
- Emmet 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.