Alert archive / Colorado / Delta County

Weather alerts in Delta County, Colorado, 2026

106 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Delta County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
106
Warnings
45
Watches
30
Advisories
24
Busiest month
June40 alerts
Busiest day
June 15, 20265 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Delta County, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings4175%1100%11 min
Flash flood warnings10100%0

Each office's whole area, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Grand Junction, CO: tornado warnings10100%10%
NWS Grand Junction, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings45589%2839%22 min
NWS Grand Junction, CO: flash flood warnings1322780%10345%75 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

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
Jan 3, 2:02 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryGJT9 hr
Jan 7, 2:29 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT57 hr
Jan 21, 1:58 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT3 days
Feb 10, 12:14 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT48 hr
Feb 15, 12:21 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningGJT4 days
Feb 15, 1:38 PM MSTWind AdvisoryGJT51 hr
Feb 17, 11:06 AM MSTWind AdvisoryGJT30 hr
Feb 18, 1:56 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGJT34 min
Feb 18, 2:03 PM MSTSnow Squall WarningGJT27 min
Feb 19, 11:24 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT33 hr
Mar 4, 12:37 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT59 hr
Mar 13, 10:57 AM MDTWind AdvisoryGJT56 hr
Mar 28, 10:00 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT46 hr
Mar 30, 12:06 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT57 hr
Apr 1, 12:20 PM MDTFreeze WatchGJT23 hr
Apr 1, 12:20 PM MDTWind AdvisoryGJT33 hr
Apr 2, 11:24 AM MDTFreeze WarningGJT23 hr
Apr 2, 11:31 AM MDTFreeze WatchGJT23 hr
Apr 3, 10:57 AM MDTFreeze WatchGJT23 hr
Apr 3, 10:57 AM MDTFreeze WarningGJT23 hr
Apr 4, 9:46 AM MDTFreeze WarningGJT23 hr
Apr 13, 11:16 AM MDTFreeze WatchGJT23 hr
Apr 14, 10:10 AM MDTFreeze WarningGJT23 hr
Apr 15, 10:00 AM MDTFreeze WatchGJT25 hr
Apr 15, 12:37 PM MDTWind AdvisoryGJT31 hr
Apr 16, 10:33 AM MDTFreeze WarningGJT47 hr
Apr 17, 11:06 AM MDTFreeze WatchGJT23 hr
Apr 18, 10:04 AM MDTFreeze WarningGJT23 hr
Apr 20, 3:10 PM MDTWind AdvisoryGJT54 hr
Apr 25, 1:19 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT41 hr
May 4, 11:24 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGJT55 hr
May 5, 4:18 AM MDTFreeze WatchGJT18 hr
May 5, 10:47 PM MDTFreeze WarningGJT34 hr
May 10, 10:03 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
May 11, 10:29 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT47 hr
May 12, 10:11 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT46 hr
May 14, 10:38 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
May 14, 10:38 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
May 15, 10:39 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
May 27, 12:12 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT23 hr
May 27, 12:12 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT32 hr
May 28, 11:19 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
Jun 4, 11:25 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT23 hr
Jun 5, 10:47 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT49 hr
Jun 5, 10:47 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT34 hr
Jun 5, 10:47 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT59 hr
Jun 7, 11:38 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
Jun 7, 11:38 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
Jun 7, 11:38 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT58 hr
Jun 8, 11:17 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT49 hr
Jun 8, 11:17 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT59 hr
Jun 8, 11:46 AM MDTWind AdvisoryGJT32 hr
Jun 10, 11:51 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT23 hr
Jun 10, 11:51 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT32 hr
Jun 11, 10:23 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT35 hr
Jun 12, 1:12 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT31 hr
Jun 14, 11:34 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT32 hr
Jun 14, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT25 min
Jun 14, 8:38 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryGJT37 min
Jun 14, 10:01 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT13 hr
Jun 15, 10:36 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT25 hr
Jun 15, 10:36 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT34 hr
Jun 16, 11:46 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
Jun 18, 12:11 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
Jun 19, 11:41 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT34 hr
Jun 20, 10:41 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT45 hr
Jun 21, 10:15 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT14 hr
Jun 22, 11:46 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT34 hr
Jun 24, 1:01 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT22 hr
Jun 24, 1:01 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT3 days
Jun 25, 11:08 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT24 hr
Jun 26, 10:42 AM MDTWind AdvisoryGJT35 hr
Jun 26, 10:58 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT59 hr
Jun 27, 11:57 AM MDTWind AdvisoryGJT33 hr
Jun 27, 12:05 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT34 hr
Jun 28, 12:07 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT3 hr
Jun 28, 10:04 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT14 hr
Jun 28, 10:04 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT22 hr
Jun 29, 11:43 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT33 hr
Jun 29, 9:46 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT16 hr
Jun 30, 1:19 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGJT23 hr
Jun 30, 1:19 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT31 hr
Jul 1, 12:34 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT31 hr
Jul 2, 12:46 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT31 hr
Jul 8, 1:38 PM MDTExtreme Heat WatchGJT23 hr
Jul 9, 12:30 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryGJT3 days
Jul 15, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT51 min
Jul 16, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT27 min
Jul 20, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT28 min
Jul 20, 7:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT26 min
Jul 20, 7:40 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatGJT3 hr
Jul 21, 9:59 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT11 hr
Jul 22, 1:17 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT26 hr
Jul 29, 7:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Aug 4, 12:19 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT32 hr
Aug 5, 9:41 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGJT22 hr
Aug 13, 2:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT2 hr
Aug 24, 2:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJT3 hr
Aug 30, 4:18 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT41 hr
Aug 30, 12:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 30, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJT30 min
Aug 30, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJT31 min
Sep 14, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJT37 min
Sep 19, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJT23 min
Sep 19, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJT31 min
Sep 27, 12:45 AM MDTFlood WatchGJT3 days

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.

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.