Alert archive / Colorado / Bent County
Weather alerts in Bent County, Colorado, 2009
136 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Bent County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 136
- Warnings
- 58
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 12
- Busiest month
- July35 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 12, 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.
1 of 8 tornado warnings covering Bent County in 2009 had a tornado report inside them.
Bent County, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 8 | 1 | 88% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 32 | 8 | 75% | 7 | 29% | 28 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings | 25 | 4 | 84% | 11 | 36% | 14 min |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 206 | 74 | 64% | 181 | 81% | 25 min |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings | 11 | 4 | 64% | 13 | 62% | 27 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 9:08 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 8 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:53 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 12 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:08 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 14 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:27 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 9 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:53 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 23 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:06 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 20 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:19 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 13 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:54 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 32 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:14 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 42 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:14 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 27 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:45 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:45 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 27 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:24 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 40 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:24 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:19 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 23 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:19 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 14 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:25 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 23 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:41 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 16 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:36 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:04 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 16 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:07 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:59 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:43 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:37 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 38 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:27 PM MDT | Blizzard Watch | PUB | 12 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:31 AM MDT | Blizzard Warning | PUB | 38 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:32 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:55 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:10 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:22 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:25 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 16, 1:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 16, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:01 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 12:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 1:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:16 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 10, 2:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:48 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 6:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 6:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 20 min |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 8:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 1:44 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 3:59 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 6:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 6:46 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 9:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 10:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 11:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 83 min |
| Jun 14, 12:05 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 14, 4:48 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 14, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 1:23 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 5, 5:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:15 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 12:22 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 6, 1:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 2:32 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 10, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 1:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 15, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 2:53 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 6:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 53 min |
| Jul 17, 6:32 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 6:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:08 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 4:59 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 23, 1:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 9:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:31 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 29, 12:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 5:32 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 29, 7:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 10:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 11:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 1:01 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 6:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Aug 18, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 91 min |
| Aug 18, 3:46 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 4:48 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Aug 25, 2:31 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 26, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 5:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 94 min |
| Sep 3, 2:43 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 62 min |
| Sep 3, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 60 min |
| Oct 1, 4:15 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Oct 10, 8:01 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 4 hr |
| Nov 12, 4:03 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | 3 days |
| Nov 13, 10:50 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 35 hr |
| Nov 15, 9:26 AM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 6, 8:32 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 62 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:20 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | PUB | 41 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:45 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 66 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:19 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 6 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 | 32 |
| Tornado Warning | 8 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 36 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 8 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Blizzard Watch | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 14 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 12 |
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.