Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2021
5 winter storm watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- December3 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- December 9, 20212 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 29, 4:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 23 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:19 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 4, 5:08 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 11 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 19 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Luce and 3 more | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alger County2
- Baraga County2
- Delta County2
- Dickinson County2
- Iron County2
- Luce County2
- Marquette County2
- Menominee County2
- Schoolcraft County2
- Chippewa County2
- Mackinac County2
- Branch County1
- Cass County1
- Hillsdale County1
- Saint Joseph County1
- Gogebic County1
- Houghton County1
- Keweenaw County1
- Ontonagon County1
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Antrim County1
- Arenac County1
- Benzie County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Crawford County1
- Emmet County1
- Gladwin County1
- Grand Traverse County1
- Iosco County1
- Kalkaska County1
- Leelanau County1
- Manistee County1
- Missaukee County1
- Montmorency County1
- Ogemaw County1
- Oscoda County1
- Otsego County1
- Presque Isle County1
2 more counties
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. Rebuilt daily.