Alert archive / Colorado / Kiowa County

Weather alerts in Kiowa County, Colorado, 2019

225 weather alerts in 2019, 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
225
Warnings
77
Watches
21
Advisories
13
Busiest month
June69 alerts
Busiest day
May 26, 201915 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 10 tornado warnings covering Kiowa County in 2019 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 4 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 15 minutes after it went out.

Kiowa County, 2019

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10190%425%15 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings531474%16100%23 min
Flash flood warnings3167%1100%163 min

Each office's whole area, 2019

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings33488%1233%11 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings2536674%17181%17 min
NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings572360%5387%65 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 20, 3:01 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB50 hr
Feb 5, 8:37 PM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryPUB12 hr
Feb 12, 2:46 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPUB27 hr
Feb 17, 4:27 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB64 hr
Feb 21, 2:56 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchPUB20 hr
Feb 22, 11:02 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningPUB25 hr
Feb 23, 4:42 AM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 28, 3:01 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB4 days
Mar 2, 6:44 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 11, 3:16 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchPUB19 hr
Mar 12, 9:56 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningPUB53 hr
Apr 7, 2:54 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB19 hr
Apr 8, 10:04 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB35 hr
Apr 9, 4:08 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchPUB17 hr
Apr 9, 1:33 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningPUB38 hr
Apr 16, 8:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB54 min
Apr 28, 1:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 1, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB30 min
May 1, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB25 min
May 2, 8:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB25 min
May 4, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB29 min
May 6, 1:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 6, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 6, 4:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
May 6, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB30 min
May 8, 3:02 PM MDTFreeze WatchPUB24 hr
May 9, 2:43 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryPUB18 hr
May 21, 2:56 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryPUB17 hr
May 26, 11:19 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
May 26, 12:27 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 26, 1:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB46 min
May 26, 1:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB51 min
May 26, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB50 min
May 26, 2:38 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUB37 min
May 26, 2:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
May 26, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB33 min
May 26, 3:13 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB15 min
May 26, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB35 min
May 26, 3:55 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB35 min
May 26, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB32 min
May 26, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB22 min
May 26, 4:45 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB15 min
May 26, 5:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB43 min
May 28, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB27 min
Jun 1, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB17 min
Jun 1, 5:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB45 min
Jun 1, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB27 min
Jun 1, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 1, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB18 min
Jun 1, 6:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB38 min
Jun 1, 7:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB49 min
Jun 1, 7:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB50 min
Jun 1, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB16 min
Jun 2, 12:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 2, 5:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Jun 2, 5:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB41 min
Jun 2, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB13 min
Jun 2, 6:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB50 min
Jun 2, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB27 min
Jun 2, 6:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB34 min
Jun 3, 1:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 3, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 4, 12:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 4, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD23 min
Jun 4, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB48 min
Jun 4, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB41 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB48 min
Jun 4, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB17 min
Jun 5, 5:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB85 min
Jun 5, 6:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB49 min
Jun 5, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB24 min
Jun 13, 5:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jun 14, 12:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jun 14, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 14, 3:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB25 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB52 min
Jun 14, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB31 min
Jun 15, 12:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 15, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB28 min
Jun 15, 5:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB52 min
Jun 15, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB69 min
Jun 17, 12:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB56 min
Jun 17, 1:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB37 min
Jun 17, 1:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 17, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB32 min
Jun 17, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB51 min
Jun 17, 2:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB3 hr
Jun 17, 2:53 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB37 min
Jun 17, 3:24 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB36 min
Jun 17, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB47 min
Jun 17, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB31 min
Jun 17, 4:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 17, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB26 min
Jun 17, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB36 min
Jun 17, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB48 min
Jun 17, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB41 min
Jun 17, 6:08 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPUB37 min
Jun 17, 6:10 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB3 hr
Jun 17, 6:37 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB23 min
Jun 17, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB48 min
Jun 17, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB47 min
Jun 18, 1:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 18, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB29 min
Jun 20, 2:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jun 21, 4:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 21, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 21, 8:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 21, 10:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB40 min
Jun 22, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 22, 9:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 23, 12:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 27, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB52 min
Jun 27, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB46 min
Jul 1, 3:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jul 1, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB50 min
Jul 1, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB52 min
Jul 1, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB48 min
Jul 1, 6:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUB3 hr
Jul 1, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB33 min
Jul 1, 10:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB68 min
Jul 5, 1:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jul 5, 1:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 5, 3:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 5, 6:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 5, 9:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB84 min
Jul 5, 10:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB48 min
Jul 8, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB46 min
Jul 8, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB23 min
Jul 8, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB42 min
Jul 8, 8:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB41 min
Jul 11, 8:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB83 min
Jul 20, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 20, 5:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jul 20, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB65 min
Jul 20, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB28 min
Jul 20, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB22 min
Jul 20, 8:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB41 min
Jul 20, 8:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB37 min
Jul 20, 9:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUB3 hr
Jul 21, 4:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jul 27, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB48 min
Jul 27, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB30 min
Jul 29, 1:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jul 29, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB25 min
Jul 29, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB40 min
Jul 29, 9:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB44 min
Jul 31, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB40 min
Aug 1, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB27 min
Aug 1, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB36 min
Aug 1, 7:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB35 min
Aug 1, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB30 min
Aug 6, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB28 min
Aug 6, 5:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB52 min
Aug 6, 6:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB24 min
Aug 7, 7:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB26 min
Aug 7, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB38 min
Aug 8, 7:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD43 min
Aug 10, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB45 min
Aug 11, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB45 min
Aug 13, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB44 min
Aug 13, 7:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB46 min
Aug 13, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB33 min
Aug 13, 8:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB47 min
Aug 14, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB48 min
Aug 14, 8:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC29 min
Aug 14, 8:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB37 min
Aug 14, 9:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB50 min
Aug 16, 1:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
Aug 16, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 16, 5:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 16, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB28 min
Aug 16, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB32 min
Aug 16, 7:20 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB25 min
Aug 16, 7:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 16, 7:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB26 min
Aug 16, 8:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB27 min
Aug 16, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB29 min
Aug 22, 9:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB43 min
Aug 22, 10:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB25 min
Aug 22, 10:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB39 min
Aug 23, 1:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC110 min
Aug 23, 2:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 23, 4:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 23, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB32 min
Aug 23, 5:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB26 min
Aug 23, 5:07 PM MDTTornado WarningPUB23 min
Aug 23, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB59 min
Aug 23, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB36 min
Aug 23, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB27 min
Aug 23, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB29 min
Aug 23, 6:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB35 min
Aug 23, 8:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 23, 8:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB44 min
Aug 23, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB39 min
Aug 23, 9:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB32 min
Aug 23, 9:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB40 min
Sep 8, 2:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Sep 8, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB33 min
Sep 8, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB29 min
Sep 8, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB33 min
Sep 8, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB27 min
Sep 8, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB37 min
Sep 8, 7:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB50 min
Sep 8, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB36 min
Sep 10, 2:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB45 min
Sep 11, 2:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Sep 11, 4:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB36 min
Sep 11, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB48 min
Sep 19, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUB23 min
Sep 27, 3:06 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB37 hr
Sep 27, 3:06 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB37 hr
Sep 28, 3:52 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB39 hr
Sep 29, 3:43 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB39 hr
Oct 6, 3:30 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryPUB29 hr
Oct 9, 4:18 AM MDTFreeze WatchPUB11 hr
Oct 9, 3:14 PM MDTFreeze WarningPUB42 hr
Oct 18, 4:05 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB16 hr
Oct 18, 3:39 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUB20 hr
Oct 19, 11:30 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUB33 hr
Oct 28, 3:06 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB45 hr
Nov 6, 3:12 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB17 hr
Nov 24, 2:54 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB50 hr
Nov 28, 2:36 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningPUB52 hr
Dec 26, 2:44 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUB53 hr
Dec 27, 9:36 AM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 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

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordForecastThe radar archive20182020

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.