Alert archive / Colorado / Kiowa County
Weather alerts in Kiowa County, Colorado, 2012
93 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Kiowa County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 93
- Warnings
- 51
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 6
- Busiest month
- June16 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 2, 20129 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 8 tornado warnings covering Kiowa County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 1 minutes after it went out.
Kiowa County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 8 | 2 | 75% | 2 | 50% | 1 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 8 | 53% | 8 | 100% | 27 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings | 24 | 5 | 79% | 9 | 56% | 14 min |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 121 | 45 | 63% | 127 | 80% | 19 min |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings | 16 | 2 | 88% | 9 | 67% | 39 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 22, 8:32 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 8 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:50 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | 34 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:21 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 48 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:56 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | PUB | 34 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:00 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 10 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:09 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:53 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 26 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:45 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 25 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:45 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 26 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:30 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 28 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:12 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:52 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 34 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:14 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 23 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:15 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | 48 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:37 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 31 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:37 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 53 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:02 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:02 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:14 PM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | 11 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:59 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 34 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:35 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:47 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 20 min |
| Apr 26, 5:31 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 26, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 8:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:24 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:44 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 19 min |
| Apr 27, 2:21 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 2:43 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:56 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 13 min |
| May 17, 1:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 19, 9:21 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 54 min |
| May 19, 10:14 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 61 min |
| May 19, 12:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 23, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 60 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 23, 8:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 39 min |
| May 25, 4:26 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| May 26, 4:34 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:38 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 4:57 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 5:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 5:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 13 min |
| Jun 4, 2:59 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 12, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 12:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 26, 3:26 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:25 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:43 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 17 min |
| Aug 7, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 5:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 10 min |
| Aug 24, 1:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Aug 24, 3:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:45 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:37 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:06 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 16 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 53 min |
| Sep 27, 2:09 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Sep 27, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 66 min |
| Sep 27, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 54 min |
| Sep 27, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 44 min |
| Sep 27, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 2:41 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 18 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:41 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:46 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 19 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:46 PM MDT | Hard Freeze Warning | PUB | 42 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:15 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | 10 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:32 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 18 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 28 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:48 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:53 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 17 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:26 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Oct 22, 12:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 32 hr |
| Nov 10, 8:39 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 8:44 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 9 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:52 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 47 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:58 AM MST | Blizzard Watch | PUB | 10 hr |
| Dec 19, 9:47 AM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:51 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 52 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 | 17 |
| Tornado Warning | 8 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 15 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Blizzard Watch | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 6 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 15 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.