Alert archive / Colorado / El Paso County
Weather alerts in El Paso County, Colorado, 2008
167 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
El Paso County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 167
- Warnings
- 88
- Watches
- 34
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest month
- June36 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 20, 20089 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 4 tornado warnings covering El Paso County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 4 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 3 minutes after it went out.
El Paso County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 4 | 25% | 3 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 36 | 12 | 67% | 16 | 94% | 10 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings | 23 | 3 | 87% | 13 | 31% | 1 min |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 191 | 44 | 77% | 77 | 82% | 21 min |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings | 11 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 5:35 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:51 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 12 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:25 AM MST | Snow Advisory | PUB | 13 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:30 PM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | 25 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:46 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | PUB | 17 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:00 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:51 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 39 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:40 PM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | 63 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:53 PM MST | Snow Advisory | PUB | 19 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:58 PM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:22 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:06 AM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | 43 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:57 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 37 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:57 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:14 AM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | 47 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:16 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | 35 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:36 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 21 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:59 AM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | 30 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:59 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | 21 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:19 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 10 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:08 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 15 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:18 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 10 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:50 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 14 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 14 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:00 PM MDT | Snow Advisory | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:27 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:02 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 32 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:30 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | 47 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:48 PM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | 21 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:15 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 5 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:40 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 35 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:30 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:19 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | 32 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:12 AM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | 29 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:01 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 28 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:15 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 14 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:56 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 40 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:56 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:16 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 25 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:19 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:45 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 10 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:26 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:28 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:52 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:05 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 52 hr |
| May 1, 3:01 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| May 2, 4:15 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 14 hr |
| May 2, 11:38 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 21 hr |
| May 10, 10:01 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 9 hr |
| May 11, 4:25 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 5 hr |
| May 11, 9:41 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 35 hr |
| May 17, 2:06 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 5 hr |
| May 17, 3:51 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 12 hr |
| May 18, 4:19 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 17 hr |
| May 19, 4:30 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 48 hr |
| May 20, 3:46 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| May 20, 5:15 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 21, 4:58 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 10 hr |
| May 21, 3:17 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| May 21, 5:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| May 22, 9:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 19 hr |
| May 23, 4:24 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 23 hr |
| May 23, 4:24 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 17 hr |
| May 24, 3:30 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 18 hr |
| May 28, 3:30 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| May 28, 3:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 31, 9:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 50 min |
| May 31, 11:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 3:31 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 12:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 3, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 1:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:32 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 31 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 3:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 5:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 6:39 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 104 min |
| Jun 6, 3:27 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:58 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 23 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:44 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 18 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:16 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 20 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:31 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 18, 12:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 12:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 19, 12:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 12:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 11:06 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 20, 11:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 2:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 2:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 4:18 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 9:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 10:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 12:46 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 30, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 3:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 16 min |
| Jul 3, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 68 min |
| Jul 3, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 92 min |
| Jul 3, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 4 min |
| Jul 3, 8:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 8:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 6:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 87 min |
| Jul 31, 3:22 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:36 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 17 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 10 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 108 min |
| Aug 5, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 5:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:56 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:55 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:13 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 5:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:04 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | 18 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:24 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | 16 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 94 min |
| Aug 10, 2:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 74 min |
| Aug 11, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 90 min |
| Aug 12, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 11:47 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 14, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 6:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 14, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 73 min |
| Aug 14, 8:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | 56 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:38 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:49 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 2:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 1:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 40 min |
| Sep 11, 11:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:23 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:53 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:17 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 28 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:42 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 13 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:47 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 14 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:47 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 14 hr |
| Oct 14, 10:50 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 21 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:49 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 9 hr |
| Nov 21, 12:44 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | 7 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:46 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 33 hr |
| Dec 4, 4:45 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 15 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:49 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 16 hr |
| Dec 7, 9:05 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 35 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:56 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:22 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 19 hr |
| Dec 30, 7:21 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 4 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 | 36 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 6 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 10 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Snow Advisory | 3 |
| Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | 7 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 6 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 27 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 17 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
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.