Alert archive / Colorado / Denver County

Weather alerts in Denver County, Colorado, 2022

122 weather alerts in 2022, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Denver County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
122
Warnings
35
Watches
25
Advisories
27
Busiest month
May22 alerts
Busiest day
April 4, 20223 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 2 tornado warnings covering Denver County in 2022 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Denver County, 2022

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings20100%20%
Severe thunderstorm warnings3167%20%
Flash flood warnings110%367%13 min

Each office's whole area, 2022

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: tornado warnings15473%1331%12 min
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings1394369%12366%20 min
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO: flash flood warnings631773%3876%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
Jan 4, 2:54 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU44 hr
Jan 5, 4:12 AM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryBOU28 hr
Jan 18, 2:49 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU29 hr
Jan 24, 3:46 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU37 hr
Jan 27, 3:55 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU11 hr
Jan 31, 2:15 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU54 hr
Feb 1, 2:32 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOU32 hr
Feb 11, 2:28 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU21 hr
Feb 15, 2:07 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchBOU13 hr
Feb 16, 3:32 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOU23 hr
Feb 16, 4:18 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 8, 3:05 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU50 hr
Mar 16, 4:46 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningBOU31 hr
Mar 16, 4:46 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU31 hr
Apr 4, 4:08 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchBOU25 hr
Apr 4, 4:08 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningBOU41 hr
Apr 4, 2:55 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU5 hr
Apr 4, 7:58 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU25 hr
Apr 5, 4:00 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU11 hr
Apr 5, 3:23 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
Apr 6, 3:17 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU41 hr
Apr 8, 4:49 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU24 hr
Apr 8, 1:44 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU29 hr
Apr 9, 4:44 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU9 hr
Apr 9, 2:01 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU29 hr
Apr 13, 2:14 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU29 hr
Apr 15, 2:23 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU17 hr
Apr 16, 4:41 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU23 hr
Apr 16, 2:08 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
Apr 20, 1:08 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU13 hr
Apr 20, 1:13 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchBOU24 hr
Apr 21, 2:14 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU43 hr
Apr 21, 1:32 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningBOU31 hr
Apr 28, 10:14 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU33 hr
Apr 28, 5:03 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU11 hr
May 5, 2:47 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU24 hr
May 6, 2:27 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU31 hr
May 7, 9:27 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU46 hr
May 8, 3:53 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU24 hr
May 9, 3:59 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU10 hr
May 9, 2:17 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU24 hr
May 10, 2:09 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU31 hr
May 11, 4:40 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU22 hr
May 11, 2:18 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
May 12, 8:23 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU6 hr
May 13, 2:23 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU18 hr
May 17, 3:12 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBOU23 hr
May 18, 4:09 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchBOU34 hr
May 18, 2:16 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOU30 hr
May 19, 3:55 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningBOU55 hr
May 19, 3:55 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU55 hr
May 20, 2:42 AM MDTFreeze WarningBOU31 hr
May 20, 4:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
May 21, 2:43 PM MDTFreeze WarningBOU17 hr
May 27, 2:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU61 min
May 29, 11:52 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 29, 12:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU32 min
Jun 3, 1:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 7, 2:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 12, 2:17 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBOU22 min
Jun 16, 2:54 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryBOU30 hr
Jun 19, 2:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU51 min
Jun 29, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU32 min
Jun 29, 8:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU23 min
Jun 30, 12:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU31 min
Jul 6, 12:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 6, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 7, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU42 min
Jul 8, 2:13 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryBOU30 hr
Jul 8, 2:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 9, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU44 min
Jul 12, 3:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 12, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU33 min
Jul 17, 1:50 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryBOU31 hr
Jul 19, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU34 min
Jul 20, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU23 min
Jul 20, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU36 min
Jul 21, 3:32 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryBOU28 hr
Jul 24, 2:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jul 26, 1:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 26, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU50 min
Jul 26, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU30 min
Jul 26, 8:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU30 min
Jul 26, 10:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU87 min
Jul 26, 11:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU113 min
Jul 27, 11:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU33 min
Jul 27, 11:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU119 min
Aug 5, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU27 min
Aug 5, 3:49 PM MDTTornado WarningBOU10 min
Aug 6, 1:37 PM MDTFlood WatchBOU34 hr
Aug 6, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU46 min
Aug 7, 1:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 7, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU51 min
Aug 7, 6:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU83 min
Aug 7, 7:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOU3 hr
Aug 13, 5:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU36 min
Aug 13, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU31 min
Aug 15, 3:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Aug 21, 3:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU35 min
Aug 21, 4:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOU117 min
Sep 2, 8:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU41 min
Sep 2, 9:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOU49 min
Sep 2, 11:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOU46 min
Sep 6, 2:23 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryBOU28 hr
Sep 7, 7:27 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryBOU37 hr
Oct 1, 5:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 16, 1:43 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryBOU19 hr
Oct 22, 2:07 PM MDTFreeze WatchBOU24 hr
Oct 23, 2:19 PM MDTFreeze WarningBOU19 hr
Oct 27, 3:31 AM MDTFreeze WatchBOU9 hr
Oct 27, 12:06 PM MDTFreeze WarningBOU21 hr
Nov 7, 2:10 PM MSTFire Weather WatchBOU24 hr
Nov 8, 2:37 PM MSTRed Flag WarningBOU28 hr
Nov 16, 1:55 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU55 hr
Nov 28, 2:07 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU39 hr
Dec 11, 3:56 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU4 days
Dec 19, 4:07 AM MSTWind Chill WatchBOU35 hr
Dec 20, 2:59 PM MSTWind Chill WarningBOU68 hr
Dec 20, 2:59 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU42 hr
Dec 26, 1:41 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOU66 hr
Dec 28, 7:33 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningBOU10 hr
Dec 28, 8:44 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 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.

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.