Alert archive / Colorado / Arapahoe County

Weather alerts in Arapahoe County, Colorado, 2012

115 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Arapahoe County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
115
Warnings
60
Watches
20
Advisories
16
Busiest month
June48 alerts
Busiest day
June 7, 201225 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 Arapahoe County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 15 minutes after it went out.

Arapahoe County, 2012

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings5180%250%15 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings231152%1974%15 min
Flash flood warnings3167%1100%102 min

Each office's whole area, 2012

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: tornado warnings24771%1747%23 min
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings953959%12858%20 min
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: flash flood warnings26773%1250%62 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, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 1, 4:09 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOU25 hr
Feb 2, 5:07 AM MSTBlizzard WarningBOU35 hr
Feb 2, 5:07 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOU47 hr
Feb 2, 5:08 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 3, 2:45 AM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 4, 3:55 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU7 hr
Feb 19, 11:46 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU23 hr
Feb 23, 4:37 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU6 hr
Feb 29, 3:12 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU38 hr
Mar 5, 3:40 PM MSTFire Weather WatchBOU8 hr
Mar 5, 11:39 PM MSTRed Flag WarningBOU18 hr
Mar 16, 4:10 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU11 hr
Mar 16, 3:07 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU29 hr
Mar 17, 7:38 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU26 hr
Mar 18, 3:10 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningBOU16 hr
Mar 24, 2:09 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU22 hr
Mar 25, 12:15 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU33 hr
Mar 30, 4:16 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU24 hr
Mar 30, 4:16 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU28 hr
Mar 31, 4:14 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU27 hr
Apr 1, 2:18 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningBOU22 hr
Apr 2, 4:38 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOU11 hr
Apr 2, 3:34 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningBOU26 hr
Apr 5, 4:05 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU12 hr
Apr 5, 3:38 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU28 hr
Apr 11, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU27 min
Apr 11, 5:06 PM MDTTornado WarningBOU24 min
Apr 26, 2:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Apr 26, 8:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 5, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU49 min
May 5, 10:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU51 min
May 12, 5:02 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryBOU4 hr
May 17, 2:36 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU13 hr
May 18, 4:05 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU16 hr
May 25, 4:01 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchBOU23 hr
May 26, 2:39 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningBOU17 hr
Jun 2, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU40 min
Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 2, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU40 min
Jun 2, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU31 min
Jun 2, 2:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU40 min
Jun 2, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU42 min
Jun 3, 1:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 6, 12:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 6, 3:01 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 6, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU50 min
Jun 6, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU54 min
Jun 6, 6:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU90 min
Jun 6, 6:35 PM MDTTornado WarningBOU40 min
Jun 6, 6:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jun 6, 7:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOU3 hr
Jun 6, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU44 min
Jun 6, 7:44 PM MDTTornado WarningBOU31 min
Jun 6, 8:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC23 min
Jun 6, 9:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU45 min
Jun 6, 10:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOU3 hr
Jun 6, 11:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU43 min
Jun 7, 12:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU44 min
Jun 7, 12:30 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU90 min
Jun 7, 12:52 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOU3 hr
Jun 7, 12:56 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU33 min
Jun 7, 1:39 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningBOU7 hr
Jun 7, 8:43 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU4 hr
Jun 7, 10:47 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchBOU13 hr
Jun 7, 11:46 AM MDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr
Jun 7, 1:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jun 7, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU39 min
Jun 7, 5:06 PM MDTTornado WarningBOU24 min
Jun 7, 5:28 PM MDTTornado WarningBOU32 min
Jun 7, 5:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Jun 7, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU31 min
Jun 7, 7:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC32 min
Jun 15, 2:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU40 min
Jun 15, 12:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jun 15, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 15, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU40 min
Jun 15, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU33 min
Jun 15, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU38 min
Jun 15, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU29 min
Jun 21, 3:16 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU54 hr
Jun 24, 2:54 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
Jun 26, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU47 min
Jun 27, 1:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jun 27, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU41 min
Jul 6, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU43 min
Jul 6, 8:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchBOU32 hr
Jul 7, 4:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU86 min
Jul 8, 5:05 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchBOU18 hr
Jul 9, 9:47 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU88 min
Jul 30, 3:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Jul 31, 2:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jul 31, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU31 min
Aug 28, 3:03 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU29 hr
Aug 29, 2:40 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU29 hr
Aug 31, 9:15 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU11 hr
Sep 1, 3:43 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU15 hr
Sep 8, 2:44 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU13 hr
Sep 9, 3:43 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU15 hr
Sep 27, 2:09 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Oct 3, 11:26 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU7 hr
Oct 3, 8:26 PM MDTFreeze WarningBOU13 hr
Oct 4, 4:21 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryBOU17 hr
Oct 4, 4:21 PM MDTFreeze WatchBOU13 hr
Oct 5, 5:03 AM MDTFreeze WarningBOU29 hr
Oct 5, 2:59 PM MDTHard Freeze WarningBOU42 hr
Oct 16, 3:52 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU12 hr
Oct 16, 3:49 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU26 hr
Oct 17, 2:26 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU28 hr
Nov 9, 4:02 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU49 hr
Dec 16, 4:32 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryBOU4 hr
Dec 17, 3:36 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOU22 hr
Dec 18, 1:56 PM MSTBlizzard WarningBOU28 hr
Dec 18, 1:56 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU25 hr
Dec 19, 3:13 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU12 hr
Dec 23, 3:28 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU38 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.