Alert archive / Minnesota / Beltrami County
Weather alerts in Beltrami County, Minnesota, 2011
107 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Beltrami County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 107
- Warnings
- 35
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 41
- Busiest month
- July31 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 17, 20119 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Beltrami County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them.
Beltrami County, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 24 | 13 | 46% | 19 | 95% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 3 min |
Each office's whole area, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Grand Forks, ND: tornado warnings | 51 | 9 | 82% | 18 | 67% | 15 min |
| NWS Grand Forks, ND: severe thunderstorm warnings | 176 | 117 | 34% | 287 | 82% | 26 min |
| NWS Grand Forks, ND: flash flood warnings | 16 | 7 | 56% | 11 | 73% | 84 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, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 4:11 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 12 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:47 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 17 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 13 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 5 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 14 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:33 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 17 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:10 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 20 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:29 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 3 days |
| Jan 20, 3:30 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | FGF | 18 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:19 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 9 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:38 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:14 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 3 days |
| Jan 31, 3:41 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 29 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:04 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 32 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:25 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 5 hr |
| Feb 7, 11:00 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 25 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:01 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 21 hr |
| Feb 17, 6:52 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 5 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:18 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 29 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:54 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 29 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:26 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 26 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:14 AM CDT | Freezing Rain Advisory | FGF | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:27 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 24 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:12 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | 45 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:20 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:58 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 11 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:13 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 38 hr |
| May 10, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 63 min |
| May 10, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 46 min |
| May 15, 2:23 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | 17 hr |
| May 24, 2:46 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | 17 hr |
| May 25, 2:39 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | 17 hr |
| May 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | 13 hr |
| May 28, 1:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 30, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 30, 10:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 30, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 54 min |
| May 30, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 57 min |
| May 30, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 29 min |
| May 31, 3:44 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | 19 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 29, 3:49 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FGF | 29 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:03 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | FGF | 24 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 4:11 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FGF | 4 days |
| Jul 16, 6:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 16, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 11:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| Jul 17, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 17, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 3:19 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | 10 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 66 min |
| Jul 30, 3:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FGF | 13 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | 4 days |
| Aug 5, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 19, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 2:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | |
| Aug 19, 2:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Sep 1, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 6:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 36 min |
| Sep 13, 3:29 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | FGF | 11 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:29 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | FGF | 24 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:55 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | 18 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:37 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | 28 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | 41 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:26 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | 24 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | 30 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | 17 hr |
| Nov 3, 2:10 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | 15 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | 15 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:20 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | FGF | 11 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 | 24 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 12 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.