Weather alerts in Michigan, October 2012

189 weather alerts in October 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 189
Warnings: 62
Watches: 19
Advisories: 90
Busiest day: October 14, 201220 alerts

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By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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
Oct 2, 8:15 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		3 hr
Oct 3, 4:45 AM EDT	Gale Watch	MQT		37 hr
Oct 3, 9:27 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	APX	Cheboygan, Emmet	3 hr
Oct 3, 3:30 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		3 days
Oct 3, 4:04 PM EDT	Gale Watch	APX		12 hr
Oct 3, 5:17 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MQT		67 hr
Oct 4, 3:53 AM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		36 hr
Oct 4, 3:53 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		70 hr
Oct 4, 4:40 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		8 days
Oct 4, 9:43 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MQT	Alger, Delta, Luce, Schoolcraft	3 hr
Oct 4, 9:47 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MQT		4 hr
Oct 4, 3:35 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		66 hr
Oct 4, 4:03 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	MQT	Houghton, Keweenaw	24 hr
Oct 5, 1:23 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		39 hr
Oct 5, 2:33 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	GRR	Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm and 2 more	24 hr
Oct 5, 3:41 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MQT	Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon	19 hr
Oct 5, 5:41 PM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		5 hr
Oct 6, 4:11 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	IWX	Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	23 hr
Oct 6, 11:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	APX	Grand Traverse	6 hr
Oct 6, 2:38 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	GRR	Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm and 2 more	12 hr
Oct 6, 2:38 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	43 hr
Oct 6, 3:50 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 9 more	16 hr
Oct 6, 4:39 PM EDT	Gale Watch	APX		11 hr
Oct 7, 3:32 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	IWX	Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	29 hr
Oct 7, 3:45 AM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		58 hr
Oct 7, 3:58 AM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		67 hr
Oct 7, 4:30 AM EDT	Gale Watch	MQT		12 hr
Oct 7, 8:44 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		46 min
Oct 7, 3:30 PM EDT	Gale Watch	DTX		12 hr
Oct 7, 3:41 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 9 more	16 hr
Oct 7, 4:04 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		5 days
Oct 7, 4:57 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MQT		39 hr
Oct 7, 4:57 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		5 days
Oct 7, 9:12 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	DTX	Monroe, Wayne	11 hr
Oct 8, 3:11 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		4 days
Oct 8, 3:22 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	APX		26 hr
Oct 8, 3:45 AM EDT	Gale Warning	DTX		44 hr
Oct 8, 3:45 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		3 days
Oct 8, 4:17 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	MQT	Alger, Delta, Luce, Schoolcraft	25 hr
Oct 8, 4:55 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		24 hr
Oct 8, 10:03 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		22 hr
Oct 8, 11:14 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		4 days
Oct 8, 4:59 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		12 hr
Oct 9, 5:35 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	APX		3 hr
Oct 9, 11:07 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		49 hr
Oct 9, 11:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		29 hr
Oct 10, 3:21 AM EDT	Gale Watch	GRR		13 hr
Oct 10, 3:32 AM EDT	Gale Watch	DTX		21 hr
Oct 10, 4:10 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		26 hr
Oct 10, 4:13 PM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		24 hr
Oct 10, 4:37 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		48 hr
Oct 10, 9:12 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more	12 hr
Oct 10, 10:58 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MQT		21 hr
Oct 11, 12:21 AM EDT	Gale Warning	DTX		20 hr
Oct 11, 3:42 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		16 hr
Oct 11, 10:45 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 14 more	7 hr
Oct 11, 3:16 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb and 7 more	15 hr
Oct 11, 3:56 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GRR	Barry, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Newaygo	17 hr
Oct 11, 3:56 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	GRR	Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 6 more	17 hr
Oct 11, 5:45 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		18 hr
Oct 11, 7:54 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		20 hr
Oct 11, 10:46 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		12 hr
Oct 12, 3:26 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	DTX	Macomb, Monroe, Wayne	13 hr
Oct 12, 3:26 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 8 more	13 hr
Oct 12, 3:41 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		3 days
Oct 12, 5:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		31 hr
Oct 12, 10:57 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		45 hr
Oct 13, 3:43 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		72 hr
Oct 13, 4:21 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		40 hr
Oct 13, 4:07 PM EDT	Gale Warning	DTX		39 hr
Oct 13, 4:22 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX	Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	31 hr
Oct 13, 4:27 PM EDT	Flood Watch	APX	Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Cheboygan and 16 more	31 hr
Oct 13, 4:28 PM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		48 hr
Oct 13, 9:28 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		47 hr
Oct 14, 4:16 AM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		24 hr
Oct 14, 4:19 AM EDT	Gale Warning	DTX		40 hr
Oct 14, 4:19 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		13 hr
Oct 14, 6:15 AM EDT	Gale Warning	MQT		28 hr
Oct 14, 3:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Van Buren	2 hr
Oct 14, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Barry, Eaton, Ionia	24 min
Oct 14, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm	48 min
Oct 14, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Livingston, Washtenaw	59 min
Oct 14, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee	57 min
Oct 14, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Berrien	48 min
Oct 14, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Oakland	36 min
Oct 14, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Ottawa, Van Buren	65 min
Oct 14, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	30 min
Oct 14, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Berrien, Cass	41 min
Oct 14, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 12 more	57 min
Oct 14, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		60 min
Oct 14, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 8 more	59 min
Oct 14, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Monroe	28 min
Oct 14, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Gratiot	48 min
Oct 14, 9:53 PM EDT	Low Water Advisory	DTX		14 hr
Oct 15, 4:04 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		20 hr
Oct 15, 4:36 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		20 hr
Oct 15, 10:52 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		3 hr
Oct 15, 3:43 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		12 hr
Oct 15, 10:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		4 days
Oct 16, 3:22 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		4 days
Oct 16, 4:10 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		3 days
Oct 17, 4:03 AM EDT	Gale Watch	DTX		24 hr
Oct 17, 5:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		57 hr
Oct 17, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Newaygo	60 min
Oct 17, 4:30 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		28 hr
Oct 17, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	119 min
Oct 17, 5:07 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		36 hr
Oct 17, 5:09 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		19 hr
Oct 17, 9:46 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		12 hr
Oct 17, 9:46 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		37 hr
Oct 18, 5:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		114 min
Oct 18, 6:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 4 more	2 hr
Oct 19, 3:52 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		12 hr
Oct 19, 3:42 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		25 hr
Oct 22, 5:00 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		45 hr
Oct 22, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Kalamazoo	54 min
Oct 22, 11:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Calhoun, Ingham, Jackson	74 min
Oct 23, 11:16 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		18 hr
Oct 23, 3:58 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		12 hr
Oct 24, 3:36 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		34 hr
Oct 24, 4:34 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MQT		18 hr
Oct 24, 9:42 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		6 hr
Oct 24, 3:42 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		48 hr
Oct 24, 5:06 PM EDT	Gale Watch	MQT		11 hr
Oct 24, 5:06 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		72 hr
Oct 24, 7:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon	2 hr
Oct 25, 3:32 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		30 hr
Oct 25, 4:33 AM EDT	Gale Warning	MQT		27 hr
Oct 25, 4:33 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		60 hr
Oct 25, 5:00 AM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		18 hr
Oct 25, 5:00 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		8 hr
Oct 25, 7:41 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		34 min
Oct 25, 8:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		89 min
Oct 25, 9:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Gogebic, Iron, Ontonagon	61 min
Oct 25, 9:48 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baraga, Dickinson, Iron	27 min
Oct 25, 9:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Baraga, Houghton	56 min
Oct 25, 9:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette and 1 more	4 hr
Oct 25, 10:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		72 min
Oct 25, 10:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Baraga, Marquette	50 min
Oct 25, 10:47 AM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		12 hr
Oct 25, 11:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		95 min
Oct 25, 12:30 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		39 hr
Oct 25, 12:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Delta, Dickinson, Menominee	58 min
Oct 25, 12:48 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		49 hr
Oct 25, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Menominee	27 min
Oct 25, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren	113 min
Oct 25, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Berrien, Cass	115 min
Oct 25, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	APX		74 min
Oct 25, 11:10 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		21 hr
Oct 26, 3:16 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		61 hr
Oct 27, 3:51 AM EDT	Gale Watch	DTX		36 hr
Oct 27, 4:02 PM EDT	Gale Watch	APX		21 hr
Oct 27, 4:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		35 hr
Oct 28, 3:33 AM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		49 hr
Oct 28, 3:33 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		32 hr
Oct 28, 3:39 AM EDT	Gale Warning	DTX		64 hr
Oct 28, 3:39 AM EDT	Storm Watch	DTX		24 hr
Oct 28, 5:09 AM EDT	Gale Watch	MQT		24 hr
Oct 28, 5:41 AM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Watch	IWX		10 hr
Oct 28, 1:28 PM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		3 days
Oct 28, 1:28 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		14 hr
Oct 28, 3:45 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	48 hr
Oct 28, 3:45 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX	Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph	48 hr
Oct 28, 4:08 PM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Warning	IWX		67 hr
Oct 28, 5:03 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		6 days
Oct 28, 10:23 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	DTX	Huron, Saint Clair, Sanilac	6 hr
Oct 29, 3:25 AM EDT	Storm Warning	APX		37 hr
Oct 29, 3:32 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	APX	Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Cheboygan and 16 more	34 hr
Oct 29, 4:01 AM EDT	Storm Warning	DTX		30 hr
Oct 29, 4:02 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	DTX	Huron, Saint Clair, Sanilac	33 hr
Oct 29, 4:02 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 8 more	33 hr
Oct 29, 5:04 AM EDT	Gale Warning	MQT		54 hr
Oct 29, 9:54 AM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Advisory	DTX	Bay, Huron, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Tuscola	34 hr
Oct 29, 10:27 AM EDT	Low Water Advisory	DTX		24 hr
Oct 29, 1:59 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	IWX		30 hr
Oct 29, 4:11 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	MQT	Alger, Delta, Luce, Marquette, Schoolcraft	32 hr
Oct 30, 4:07 AM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		24 hr
Oct 30, 4:07 AM EDT	Storm Warning	GRR		12 hr
Oct 30, 10:13 AM EDT	Gale Warning	DTX		10 hr
Oct 30, 10:27 AM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Statement	MQT	Alger, Marquette	22 hr
Oct 30, 1:02 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	DTX	Huron, Saint Clair, Sanilac	7 hr
Oct 30, 4:01 PM EDT	Gale Warning	APX		12 hr
Oct 30, 7:57 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		4 days
Oct 30, 7:58 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX		8 hr
Oct 31, 3:42 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		70 hr
Oct 31, 3:57 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		3 days
Oct 31, 5:03 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		3 days
Oct 31, 10:46 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		51 hr
Oct 31, 12:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		4 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	11
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	4
Special Weather Statement	13
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	1
Flood Watch	1
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	9
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	13
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2
Coast and beach
Lakeshore Flood Warning	1
Lakeshore Flood Watch	1
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	1
Lakeshore Flood Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	27
Special Marine Warning	8
Storm Warning	3
Gale Watch	12
Storm Watch	1
Low Water Advisory	2
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	2
Small Craft Advisory	66

By county

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

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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.