Alert archive / Colorado / El Paso County
Weather alerts in El Paso County, Colorado, 2009
182 weather alerts in 2009, 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 182
- Warnings
- 79
- Watches
- 33
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- July41 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 18, 200913 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 4 tornado warnings covering El Paso County in 2009 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
El Paso County, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 48 | 24 | 50% | 56 | 73% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 3 | 0% | 8 | 88% | 30 min |
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, 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 6, 4:00 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 19 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 |
| Feb 20, 4:11 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:41 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 13 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:17 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:55 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 12 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 8, 2:24 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 5 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, 3:47 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | 48 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:31 AM MDT | Blizzard Warning | PUB | 38 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:55 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:35 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:32 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:55 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:40 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 35 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:59 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 44 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, 4:40 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:25 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:01 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 35 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:43 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 30 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:24 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | 69 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 3:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 18 min |
| May 1, 7:22 PM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | 15 hr |
| May 22, 2:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 2 hr |
| May 22, 2:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 107 min |
| May 30, 4:18 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 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, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 5:16 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 11, 11:34 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 11, 2:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 5:48 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 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, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 12:13 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 12:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 1:56 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 20 min |
| Jun 13, 8:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 77 min |
| Jun 14, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 1:06 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 2:27 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 2:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 3:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 4:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:52 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 4, 2:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 110 min |
| Jul 5, 1:23 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 5, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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, 12:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 1:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 7:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 2:05 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 12, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 3:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 1:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 18, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 12:31 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 89 min |
| Jul 21, 12:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 2:44 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 1:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 2:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 26, 10:39 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | 10 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 96 min |
| Jul 28, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 12:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 12:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 63 min |
| Jul 29, 1:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 2:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 1:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 5, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 7:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 7:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:09 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 12:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 1:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:38 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 7:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 10, 7:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 6:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Aug 17, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 8:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 9:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 10:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 11:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 11:41 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 95 min |
| Aug 18, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 2:31 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 25, 3:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 115 min |
| Aug 25, 6:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 2:55 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 4:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 94 min |
| Sep 8, 4:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 65 min |
| Sep 12, 9:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 24 min |
| Sep 14, 4:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 116 min |
| Sep 15, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 66 min |
| Sep 15, 4:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:07 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 12 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:33 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 13 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:15 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Oct 10, 8:01 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:07 PM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | 10 hr |
| Oct 14, 5:01 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | 4 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:50 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 33 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:37 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 12 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:37 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | 65 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:33 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 53 hr |
| Nov 13, 10:50 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 35 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:09 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 23 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 13, 12:48 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 7 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:45 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 66 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:37 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | PUB | 17 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 | 48 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 35 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 20 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 17 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 14 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
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.