Alert archive / Michigan / Houghton County
Weather alerts in Houghton County, Michigan, 2014
97 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Houghton County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 64
- Busiest month
- January22 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 4, 20143 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Houghton County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 0 | 2 | 0% | |||
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Grand Rapids, MI: tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 4 | 0% | |
| NWS Grand Rapids, MI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 116 | 61 | 47% | 198 | 65% | 21 min |
| NWS Grand Rapids, MI: flash flood warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 7 | 100% | 350 min |
| NWS Northern Indiana: tornado warnings | 7 | 3 | 57% | 8 | 50% | 5 min |
| NWS Northern Indiana: severe thunderstorm warnings | 114 | 78 | 32% | 266 | 77% | 22 min |
| NWS Northern Indiana: flash flood warnings | 12 | 3 | 75% | 10 | 100% | 160 min |
| NWS Detroit, MI: tornado warnings | 8 | 2 | 75% | 7 | 57% | 12 min |
| NWS Detroit, MI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 104 | 83 | 20% | 340 | 87% | 27 min |
| NWS Detroit, MI: flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Marquette, MI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 20 | 9 | 55% | 14 | 71% | 27 min |
| NWS Marquette, MI: flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 4 | 75% | 17 min |
| NWS Gaylord, MI: tornado warnings | 12 | 2 | 83% | 7 | 29% | 9 min |
| NWS Gaylord, MI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 33 | 11 | 67% | 37 | 57% | 20 min |
| NWS Gaylord, MI: flash flood warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
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 3, 4:34 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 31 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:27 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | MQT | 11 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:27 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 38 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:07 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | MQT | 70 hr |
| Jan 5, 5:06 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 3 days |
| Jan 7, 10:49 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 5:13 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 36 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:14 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 31 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:18 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | MQT | 37 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:08 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | MQT | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:08 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 21 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:02 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | MQT | 7 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:46 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 18 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 38 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:37 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 37 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:34 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 7 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:17 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | MQT | 13 hr |
| Jan 26, 5:18 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 55 hr |
| Jan 26, 5:18 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | MQT | 56 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:59 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 47 hr |
| Jan 28, 8:50 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 10 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:39 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 27 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:22 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 20 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 35 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 10 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:28 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 34 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:15 PM EST | Blizzard Watch | MQT | 26 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | 36 hr |
| Feb 19, 5:47 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | MQT | 3 days |
| Feb 19, 5:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | 46 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 37 hr |
| Feb 22, 6:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 29 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:24 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 21 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:42 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | MQT | 31 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 34 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:45 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 10 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:45 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | 24 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:11 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 43 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:22 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 33 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:30 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | 33 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:16 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | 55 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | 25 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:51 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | 45 hr |
| Apr 22, 9:51 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | MQT | 28 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:07 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | MQT | 14 days |
| Apr 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | 12 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:29 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 29 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:43 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:45 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | MQT | 7 days |
| Apr 29, 9:43 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MQT | 38 hr |
| May 8, 8:48 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | MQT | 23 hr |
| May 9, 7:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MQT | 30 hr |
| May 9, 10:37 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | MQT | 3 days |
| May 9, 10:37 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | MQT | 51 hr |
| May 10, 9:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MQT | 4 days |
| May 12, 11:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MQT | 4 days |
| May 12, 9:05 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | MQT | 3 days |
| May 14, 5:32 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | MQT | 53 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:40 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MQT | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:07 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MQT | 17 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 22, 1:46 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 2:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:10 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Sep 8, 4:06 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MQT | 52 hr |
| Sep 10, 12:17 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MQT | 14 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:44 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MQT | 17 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:53 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MQT | 17 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:10 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | MQT | 29 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:13 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | MQT | 24 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MQT | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:13 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MQT | 18 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:47 AM EDT | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 33 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:59 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | MQT | 33 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:41 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | 23 hr |
| Nov 9, 4:03 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | 61 hr |
| Nov 11, 4:12 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 63 hr |
| Nov 12, 7:09 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 21 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:39 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | MQT | 12 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:19 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | MQT | 51 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:19 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 45 hr |
| Nov 19, 5:07 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 38 hr |
| Nov 23, 4:38 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MQT | 24 hr |
| Nov 23, 6:52 AM EST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | MQT | 46 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:41 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 46 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:27 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 45 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:29 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MQT | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 6:48 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MQT | 25 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:40 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 31 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:08 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | 21 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:19 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 28 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:02 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | 28 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:13 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 21 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:18 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | 30 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:28 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | 46 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:13 PM EST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | MQT | 31 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 Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| River Flood Advisory | 8 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Lake Effect Snow Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 5 |
| Blizzard Watch | 1 |
| Lake Effect Snow Watch | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Lake Effect Snow Advisory | 15 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 16 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 3 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 10 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Lakeshore Flood Advisory | 3 |
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.