Alert archive / Michigan / Manistee County
Weather alerts in Manistee County, Michigan, 2009
87 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Manistee County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 87
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- February13 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 8, 20093 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Manistee County, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 100% | 31 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Gaylord, MI: tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Gaylord, MI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 18 | 6 | 67% | 17 | 59% | 16 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, 4:13 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | APX | 19 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:08 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | 23 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 25 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | APX | 18 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:52 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | APX | 36 hr |
| Jan 15, 10:43 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | APX | 13 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | 11 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:41 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | APX | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 6:35 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:54 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | APX | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:21 AM EST | Flood Watch | APX | 35 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:06 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | APX | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | 43 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 36 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:01 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | APX | 36 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:39 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 18 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | APX | 60 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:12 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 16 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:16 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:17 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 25 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:31 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:42 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 24 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:37 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | APX | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:03 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | APX | 19 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:36 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 25 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:29 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | APX | 4 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | APX | 24 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:01 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | APX | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:01 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 4, 4:55 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | APX | 23 hr |
| May 5, 4:16 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | APX | 16 hr |
| May 10, 3:35 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | APX | 28 hr |
| May 11, 12:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | APX | 19 hr |
| May 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | 6 hr |
| May 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | APX | 16 hr |
| May 18, 3:57 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | APX | 24 hr |
| May 19, 4:02 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | APX | 28 hr |
| May 24, 4:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | 15 hr |
| May 28, 11:14 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | APX | 5 hr |
| May 30, 3:46 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | APX | 12 hr |
| May 30, 12:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 30, 4:10 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | 16 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:50 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | 16 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:51 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 29 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:30 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 20 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:44 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:03 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 11 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:38 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 27 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | 72 min |
| Aug 10, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 3:49 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 49 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:16 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 30 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:11 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 40 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:35 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | 16 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:53 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | 7 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:34 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 19 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:55 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | 16 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:53 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | APX | 11 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:55 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 55 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:40 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | APX | 25 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:34 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | APX | 18 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:06 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | APX | 20 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:10 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | APX | 8 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:00 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | APX | 16 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:16 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | APX | 3 hr |
| Nov 21, 9:06 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | APX | 13 hr |
| Dec 3, 4:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 24 hr |
| Dec 5, 4:46 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | APX | 23 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | 12 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | APX | 4 days |
| Dec 9, 12:09 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 36 hr |
| Dec 12, 11:26 PM EST | Flood Watch | APX | 17 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:14 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 7 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:15 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 16 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:19 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 7 hr |
| Dec 26, 7:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | 8 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 | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Lake Effect Snow Advisory | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 15 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 7 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Lakeshore Flood Statement | 13 |
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.