Alert archive / Michigan / Ottawa County

Weather alerts in Ottawa County, Michigan, 2009

108 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Ottawa County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
108
Warnings
25
Watches
18
Advisories
42
Busiest month
June14 alerts
Busiest day
June 19, 20098 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Ottawa County, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings6517%978%25 min
Flash flood warnings220%978%125 min

Each office's whole area, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Grand Rapids, MI: tornado warnings20100%30%
NWS Grand Rapids, MI: severe thunderstorm warnings402245%8562%24 min
NWS Grand Rapids, MI: flash flood warnings330%2588%109 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 3:24 PM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryGRR22 hr
Jan 7, 3:16 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryGRR25 hr
Jan 10, 4:16 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR14 hr
Jan 11, 3:38 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchGRR23 hr
Jan 12, 2:32 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRR24 hr
Jan 13, 10:55 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WatchGRR17 hr
Jan 14, 4:23 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryGRR3 days
Jan 14, 3:39 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryGRR36 hr
Jan 17, 3:37 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRR43 hr
Jan 17, 3:37 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR43 hr
Jan 29, 11:45 AM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryGRR28 hr
Feb 10, 3:39 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchGRR12 hr
Feb 10, 12:04 PM ESTFlood WatchGRR24 hr
Feb 10, 3:38 PM ESTWind AdvisoryGRR37 hr
Feb 10, 9:30 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningGRR7 days
Feb 11, 6:39 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryGRR5 hr
Feb 11, 11:56 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGRR23 hr
Feb 17, 3:44 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR51 hr
Feb 18, 4:12 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRR27 hr
Feb 19, 3:53 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchGRR24 hr
Feb 20, 3:43 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRR27 hr
Feb 21, 6:35 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Feb 21, 4:17 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryGRR35 hr
Feb 26, 8:38 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRR102 days
Mar 6, 3:12 PM ESTFlood WatchGRR51 hr
Mar 9, 12:01 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRR24 hr
Mar 10, 4:09 AM EDTWind AdvisoryGRR36 hr
Mar 10, 11:37 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRR6 days
Apr 25, 10:23 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 25, 10:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 25, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR37 min
Apr 25, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRR41 min
Apr 26, 2:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRR88 days
Apr 26, 2:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRR87 days
Apr 26, 8:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRR87 days
Apr 27, 3:18 AM EDTWind AdvisoryGRR14 hr
Apr 27, 4:04 PM EDTFlood WatchGRR19 hr
Apr 28, 12:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRR8 days
Apr 28, 8:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRR103 days
May 8, 4:21 PM EDTWind AdvisoryGRR23 hr
May 10, 3:47 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryGRR28 hr
May 11, 12:44 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryGRR19 hr
May 13, 11:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
May 13, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 13, 11:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR66 min
May 15, 3:40 PM EDTFlood WatchGRR12 hr
May 17, 2:58 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryGRR17 hr
Jun 8, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 8, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRR63 min
Jun 8, 6:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jun 19, 12:07 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Jun 19, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 19, 2:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRR6 hr
Jun 19, 4:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchGRR20 hr
Jun 19, 5:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR46 min
Jun 19, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR114 min
Jun 19, 7:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jun 19, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR82 min
Jun 19, 8:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRR6 hr
Jun 19, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRR39 min
Jun 20, 2:23 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRR57 hr
Jul 11, 3:31 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC29 min
Jul 19, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR61 min
Jul 22, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR48 min
Jul 24, 4:25 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryGRR4 hr
Aug 8, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR72 min
Aug 9, 5:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Aug 9, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Aug 9, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRR66 min
Aug 9, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRR60 min
Aug 10, 12:42 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 10, 12:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR55 min
Aug 10, 1:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRR7 hr
Aug 10, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR92 min
Aug 25, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR43 min
Aug 27, 3:54 PM EDTFlood WatchGRR18 hr
Sep 22, 2:54 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryGRR7 hr
Sep 27, 3:00 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningGRR31 hr
Sep 27, 10:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 27, 10:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRR94 min
Sep 27, 10:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Sep 27, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRR39 min
Sep 28, 9:52 PM EDTWind AdvisoryGRR11 hr
Sep 30, 3:56 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryGRR17 hr
Sep 30, 3:56 AM EDTFreeze WarningGRR29 hr
Oct 6, 12:04 PM EDTWind AdvisoryGRR22 hr
Oct 6, 9:50 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningGRR6 hr
Oct 10, 2:41 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryGRR6 hr
Oct 10, 2:41 AM EDTFreeze WarningGRR29 hr
Oct 23, 10:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRR4 hr
Oct 30, 4:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRR31 hr
Oct 30, 3:46 PM EDTWind AdvisoryGRR12 hr
Nov 8, 12:25 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryGRR9 hr
Nov 21, 9:34 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryGRR12 hr
Dec 3, 2:40 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR25 hr
Dec 3, 10:43 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRR17 hr
Dec 7, 4:00 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchGRR49 hr
Dec 7, 3:47 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRR37 hr
Dec 9, 12:09 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Dec 9, 4:30 AM ESTBlizzard WarningGRR48 hr
Dec 12, 8:04 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR15 hr
Dec 22, 4:14 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchGRR36 hr
Dec 23, 9:50 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR10 hr
Dec 24, 3:45 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR33 hr
Dec 26, 12:54 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR10 hr
Dec 26, 3:48 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR2 hr
Dec 26, 6:08 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRR17 hr
Dec 27, 3:22 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRR6 hr

By product

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

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.