Alert archive / North Dakota / Williams County

Weather alerts in Williams County, North Dakota, 2009

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

Williams County and its neighbors

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

Alerts
113
Warnings
37
Watches
20
Advisories
40
Busiest month
July16 alerts
Busiest day
August 24, 200910 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 3 tornado warnings covering Williams County in 2009 had a tornado report inside them.

Williams County, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings30100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings14750%5100%29 min
Flash flood warnings110%1100%24 min

Each office's whole area, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Bismarck, ND: tornado warnings561180%1979%13 min
NWS Bismarck, ND: severe thunderstorm warnings1806166%12470%23 min
NWS Bismarck, ND: flash flood warnings15287%2100%46 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 3:59 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchBIS13 hr
Jan 2, 5:09 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS40 hr
Jan 3, 3:29 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS25 hr
Jan 7, 5:20 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchBIS23 hr
Jan 7, 3:42 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningBIS48 hr
Jan 10, 3:05 PM CSTBlizzard WatchBIS13 hr
Jan 11, 4:25 AM CSTBlizzard WarningBIS32 hr
Jan 13, 4:51 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS34 hr
Jan 13, 4:51 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS19 hr
Jan 16, 8:52 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS31 hr
Jan 22, 4:03 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS4 days
Jan 22, 4:03 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS14 hr
Jan 31, 4:43 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningBIS13 hr
Feb 1, 4:14 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBIS15 hr
Feb 8, 4:15 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningBIS59 hr
Feb 8, 4:15 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS25 hr
Feb 9, 10:57 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryBIS10 hr
Feb 20, 4:00 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS17 hr
Feb 23, 3:58 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS23 hr
Feb 25, 3:21 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS21 hr
Feb 26, 4:00 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS20 hr
Mar 9, 4:26 AM CDTWind Chill WatchBIS12 hr
Mar 9, 4:25 PM CDTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS24 hr
Mar 10, 4:18 PM CDTWind Chill WarningBIS20 hr
Mar 11, 11:55 AM CDTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS24 hr
Mar 20, 3:09 PM CDTFlood WatchBIS4 days
Mar 21, 5:15 AM CDTBlizzard WatchBIS48 hr
Mar 22, 2:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBIS18 days
Mar 22, 10:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningBIS5 days
Mar 22, 5:04 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS42 hr
Mar 22, 10:03 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryBIS156 days
Apr 9, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBIS47 hr
Apr 11, 9:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBIS13 hr
Apr 12, 1:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBIS8 days
May 5, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS58 min
May 13, 3:27 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBIS18 hr
May 14, 3:15 PM CDTFreeze WatchBIS25 hr
May 15, 3:46 PM CDTFreeze WarningBIS17 hr
May 17, 4:57 AM CDTFreeze WatchBIS35 hr
May 20, 4:05 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryBIS17 hr
May 22, 3:45 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryBIS17 hr
May 24, 8:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBIS39 hr
Jun 2, 3:32 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryBIS16 hr
Jun 7, 4:04 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryBIS15 hr
Jun 9, 3:36 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryBIS17 hr
Jun 21, 1:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 21, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS50 min
Jun 22, 1:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 22, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 24, 1:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 25, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS55 min
Jun 26, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS66 min
Jun 30, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 30, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS58 min
Jun 30, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS48 min
Jun 30, 7:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jul 3, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS61 min
Jul 3, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBIS30 min
Jul 3, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS66 min
Jul 6, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Jul 8, 11:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 8, 2:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 8, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 8, 6:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 8, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS64 min
Jul 8, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS64 min
Jul 8, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS62 min
Jul 8, 9:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jul 11, 8:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jul 11, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningBIS25 min
Jul 13, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Aug 14, 12:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Aug 14, 11:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Aug 19, 12:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Aug 23, 8:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Aug 23, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 23, 11:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Aug 23, 11:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBIS6 hr
Aug 23, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS60 min
Aug 23, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBIS33 min
Aug 24, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBIS5 hr
Aug 24, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS61 min
Aug 24, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBIS60 min
Aug 24, 1:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC33 min
Sep 18, 3:54 AM CDTFire Weather WatchBIS25 hr
Sep 19, 4:31 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBIS15 hr
Sep 21, 3:48 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryBIS17 hr
Sep 24, 3:26 PM CDTFire Weather WatchBIS37 hr
Sep 26, 3:56 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBIS17 hr
Sep 26, 3:20 PM CDTWind AdvisoryBIS30 hr
Sep 27, 3:13 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryBIS18 hr
Sep 28, 4:13 AM CDTFire Weather WatchBIS24 hr
Sep 29, 4:02 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBIS16 hr
Sep 30, 3:52 PM CDTWind AdvisoryBIS30 hr
Oct 5, 4:14 AM CDTFreeze WatchBIS12 hr
Oct 5, 4:14 PM CDTFreeze WarningBIS18 hr
Oct 7, 4:18 AM CDTFreeze WatchBIS11 hr
Oct 7, 3:19 PM CDTFreeze WarningBIS21 hr
Oct 8, 4:54 AM CDTFreeze WarningBIS29 hr
Oct 14, 4:55 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS31 hr
Nov 30, 4:01 PM CSTWind AdvisoryBIS26 hr
Dec 8, 2:15 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS44 hr
Dec 12, 4:57 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS31 hr
Dec 12, 8:52 PM CSTWind Chill WarningBIS15 hr
Dec 12, 8:52 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS39 hr
Dec 14, 4:04 PM CSTWind Chill WarningBIS20 hr
Dec 15, 12:54 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBIS3 hr
Dec 18, 8:23 PM CSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryBIS15 hr
Dec 20, 3:43 AM CSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryBIS11 hr
Dec 22, 3:44 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchBIS24 hr
Dec 23, 3:15 AM CSTBlizzard WatchBIS37 hr
Dec 23, 3:15 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBIS4 days
Dec 28, 10:20 AM CSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryBIS3 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.