Alert archive / Michigan / Montcalm County
Weather alerts in Montcalm County, Michigan, 2020
84 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Montcalm County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 84
- Warnings
- 14
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- June13 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 10, 20205 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Montcalm County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 7 | 6 | 14% | 7 | 86% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Grand Rapids, MI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 87 | 49 | 44% | 198 | 75% | 30 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 9, 10:15 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | 18 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GRR | 47 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:25 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:54 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 11 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 72 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:29 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 33 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:18 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | 25 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:40 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GRR | 29 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 7, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 7, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 3:29 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | GRR | 21 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:42 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GRR | 31 hr |
| Apr 20, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 3:33 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 6 hr |
| May 7, 3:33 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GRR | 12 hr |
| May 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | 42 hr |
| May 11, 3:36 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | 29 hr |
| May 12, 2:48 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | 18 hr |
| May 16, 11:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | 21 hr |
| May 17, 8:26 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | 18 hr |
| May 17, 6:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | 33 hr |
| May 25, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 3 hr |
| May 27, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 93 min |
| Jun 3, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 72 min |
| Jun 10, 9:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 10, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 70 min |
| Jun 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 111 min |
| Jul 9, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 80 min |
| Jul 10, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 27, 11:02 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 28, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 28, 9:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 66 min |
| Aug 28, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 54 min |
| Sep 6, 7:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Sep 6, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 17, 3:38 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 28 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:03 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 24 hr |
| Sep 19, 11:38 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 21 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 113 min |
| Oct 1, 3:09 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 18 hr |
| Oct 2, 11:16 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 21 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:03 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 29 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 76 min |
| Oct 12, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 61 min |
| Oct 15, 1:47 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | 19 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:54 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 16 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:29 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GRR | 40 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:36 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GRR | 17 hr |
| Nov 10, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 10, 8:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 55 min |
| Nov 10, 9:31 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Nov 14, 3:27 AM EST | High Wind Warning | GRR | 42 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:27 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GRR | 30 hr |
| Nov 15, 9:53 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GRR | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:33 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GRR | 13 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:49 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 12 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:06 AM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | GRR | 8 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:28 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 40 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:28 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 44 hr |
| Dec 29, 8:50 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:15 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 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 | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 16 |
| Special Weather Statement | 17 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.