Alert archive / Michigan / Berrien County
Weather alerts in Berrien County, Michigan, 2023
96 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Berrien County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 96
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- July23 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20237 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Berrien County, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 5 | 55% | 5 | 20% | 2 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 3 | 67% | 46 min |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Northern Indiana: tornado warnings | 22 | 6 | 73% | 32 | 59% | 11 min |
| NWS Northern Indiana: severe thunderstorm warnings | 125 | 68 | 46% | 348 | 58% | 24 min |
| NWS Northern Indiana: flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 9 | 33% | 47 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:16 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 14 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:10 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 10 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | 3 days |
| Jan 28, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | 18 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:30 PM EST | High Wind Watch | IWX | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IWX | 29 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:20 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IWX | 36 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:42 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | 12 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 5 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:05 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:20 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | 18 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IWX | 26 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | 5 days |
| Mar 3, 5:25 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | 5 days |
| Mar 5, 7:59 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | 32 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:37 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | 13 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:10 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | 23 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 22 min |
| Mar 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 4:53 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | 36 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 7:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Mar 31, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 7:09 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 8:41 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 10:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 3:34 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | IWX | 24 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:52 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | IWX | 16 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:35 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | IWX | 18 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IWX | 29 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:32 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | IWX | 18 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:36 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IWX | 20 hr |
| May 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | 16 hr |
| May 6, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 46 min |
| May 6, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 42 min |
| May 7, 12:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 4:50 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 24 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:06 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 54 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 54 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 1:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:33 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 45 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:41 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 31 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 71 min |
| Jul 12, 8:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 8:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 56 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:03 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | 66 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:24 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | 50 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 12:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 3:26 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 6:59 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 12:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 9:53 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 10 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:16 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 22 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:11 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 23 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:05 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 43 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:57 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 49 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:48 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | 68 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:12 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | IWX | 24 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:19 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | IWX | 45 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 10:52 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 42 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:53 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 56 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 58 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:48 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 32 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:28 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 13 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:56 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | 46 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IWX | 33 hr |
| Dec 18, 7:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 9:06 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:23 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 20 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 | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 9 |
| Special Weather Statement | 13 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 15 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.