1998 Severe Weather Statistics

County

Number of Warnings Issued *

Number of Warnings Verified

Average Lead Time to First Event

Number of Events with no Warning

Bay 6 5 15 minutes 1
Genesee 10 7 13 minutes 5
Huron 7 5 11 minutes 4
Lapeer 7 5 12 minutes 1
Lenawee 14 9 15 minutes 2
Livingston 9 6 17 minutes 0
Macomb 5 5 14 minutes 0
Midland 5 4 16 minutes 0
Monroe 14 10 22 minutes 4
Oakland 9 7 13 minutes 5
Sanilac 8 7 14 minutes 2
Saginaw 10 6 15 minutes 1
Shiawassee 8 6 14 minutes 2
St. Clair 6 5 13 minutes 0
Tuscola 7 7 15 minutes 6
Washtenaw 17 14 12 minutes 3
Wayne 9 7 17 minutes 1

TOTALS 151 115 14.5 minutes (avg) ~ 37

                                                *  Warnings are Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings only.

                                                ~  Lead time for all events was 18.2 minutes.


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