Alert archive / Michigan / Van Buren County
Weather alerts in Van Buren County, Michigan, 2024
130 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Van Buren County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 130
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest month
- June24 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 7, 20249 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 5 tornado warnings covering Van Buren County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them.
Van Buren County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 5 | 1 | 80% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 9 | 10% | 10 | 70% | 34 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Grand Rapids, MI: tornado warnings | 21 | 5 | 76% | 8 | 88% | 15 min |
| NWS Grand Rapids, MI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 88 | 49 | 44% | 179 | 73% | 32 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 8, 2:51 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 39 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | 23 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GRR | 69 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 6 days |
| Jan 14, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GRR | 33 hr |
| Jan 14, 9:20 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | GRR | 15 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:10 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | GRR | 47 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 22 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 35 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:17 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:30 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 55 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:39 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 12 hr |
| Feb 8, 8:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 52 min |
| Feb 8, 8:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 32 min |
| Feb 8, 9:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 32 min |
| Feb 8, 9:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 60 min |
| Feb 8, 10:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 61 min |
| Feb 27, 3:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 24 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Feb 27, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 57 min |
| Feb 27, 10:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GRR | 49 min |
| Mar 21, 3:43 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 30 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:59 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GRR | 31 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:40 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 17, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 2:50 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 17 hr |
| Apr 22, 8:23 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GRR | 12 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:46 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GRR | 12 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Apr 24, 3:43 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | 28 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:43 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 17 hr |
| May 2, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 60 min |
| May 3, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 16 min |
| May 4, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 53 min |
| May 7, 11:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 83 min |
| May 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 7, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| May 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 7, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 89 min |
| May 7, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | 31 min |
| May 7, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 18 min |
| May 7, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 55 min |
| May 20, 4:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 20, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 20, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 113 min |
| May 22, 4:12 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 16 hr |
| May 26, 10:21 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 34 hr |
| May 28, 2:59 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 31 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:50 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 54 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:36 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 43 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 13, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 16, 3:14 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | GRR | 24 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 84 min |
| Jun 16, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 10:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | 14 min |
| Jun 16, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 3:04 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GRR | 6 days |
| Jun 22, 3:45 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 40 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 11:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:33 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 40 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 25, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 7:28 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 25, 8:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 10:11 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 36 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 3:41 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | 36 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 28 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | 24 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:09 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 11:11 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | 15 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:53 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 11:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:09 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 54 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:25 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 19 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 86 min |
| Aug 5, 8:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 3:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 7:31 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 6, 7:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 3:41 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 4 days |
| Aug 16, 3:50 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 4 days |
| Aug 16, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 1:20 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GRR | 29 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:24 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 7 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:07 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 58 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 59 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 37 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 12:42 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 9 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:42 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | GRR | 31 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:45 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | 17 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Oct 12, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 67 min |
| Oct 14, 3:01 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | 28 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:31 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GRR | 22 hr |
| Nov 5, 7:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 55 min |
| Nov 18, 4:04 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 1:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 46 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | 11 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:35 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GRR | 46 hr |
| Dec 3, 2:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | 13 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GRR | 45 hr |
| Dec 4, 6:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | 113 min |
| Dec 9, 2:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | 25 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:29 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 48 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 22 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 32 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | 32 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 | 10 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 19 |
| Special Weather Statement | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 12 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 18 |
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.