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Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2023

19 winter storm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
19
Busiest month
March9 winter storm watches
Busiest day
February 21, 20233 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 3:29 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchAPXAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 19 more23 hr
Jan 17, 3:33 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchMQTAlger, Delta, Dickinson, Luce, Marquette, Menominee and 1 more24 hr
Jan 23, 3:48 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchIWXBranch, Hillsdale24 hr
Jan 23, 3:50 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchDTXLenawee, Monroe, Wayne23 hr
Feb 20, 3:52 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more23 hr
Feb 20, 4:03 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchDTXBay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb and 9 more24 hr
Feb 21, 3:32 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAPXAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 17 more12 hr
Feb 21, 2:50 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more25 hr
Feb 21, 3:59 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchAPXChippewa, Mackinac23 hr
Mar 2, 3:53 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchDTXBay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more18 hr
Mar 2, 3:53 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 12 more18 hr
Mar 2, 4:20 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchIWXBerrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph18 hr
Mar 15, 3:50 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more49 hr
Mar 15, 3:51 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchAPXChippewa, Mackinac48 hr
Mar 23, 4:05 PM EDTWinter Storm WatchAPXAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and 16 more23 hr
Mar 24, 4:11 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchGRRLake, Mason, Oceana11 hr
Mar 30, 4:53 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchAPXChippewa, Mackinac32 hr
Mar 30, 4:54 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 6 more32 hr
Apr 15, 3:44 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchMQTGogebic, Houghton, Ontonagon24 hr

By county

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

43 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.