Alert archive / Colorado / Kiowa County
Weather alerts in Kiowa County, Colorado, 2020
174 weather alerts in 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 174
- Warnings
- 79
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 10
- Busiest month
- July45 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 20, 20209 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 7 tornado warnings covering Kiowa County in 2020 had a tornado report inside them.
Kiowa County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 7 | 2 | 71% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 34 | 11 | 68% | 4 | 75% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pueblo, CO: tornado warnings | 23 | 4 | 83% | 8 | 75% | 14 min |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 239 | 65 | 73% | 129 | 87% | 21 min |
| NWS Pueblo, CO: flash flood warnings | 67 | 20 | 70% | 34 | 88% | 52 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 16, 3:11 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 32 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:13 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 29 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:13 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 14 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:09 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:53 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 39 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:37 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 4 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:58 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 14 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:50 PM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 7:15 PM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PUB | 12 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:55 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:22 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 45 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:22 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 50 hr |
| Mar 23, 8:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 13 min |
| Mar 23, 8:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 20 min |
| Mar 23, 9:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 3:31 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 28 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:23 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 28 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:44 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| May 9, 2:56 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 17 hr |
| May 14, 8:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 51 min |
| May 16, 12:07 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 23 min |
| May 16, 12:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 22 min |
| May 19, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 32 min |
| May 19, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 34 min |
| May 19, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 46 min |
| May 19, 8:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 28 min |
| May 19, 8:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 22 min |
| May 19, 8:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 114 min |
| May 20, 2:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 21, 2:57 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| May 21, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 30 min |
| May 21, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 30 min |
| May 21, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 26 min |
| May 21, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 14 min |
| May 22, 2:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| May 24, 1:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:48 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 4:04 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 54 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:20 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:48 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:54 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 17 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:48 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 32 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:36 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 37 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:54 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:20 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:20 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:34 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 39 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:03 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:50 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:50 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 2:49 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:46 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 40 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:57 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 12:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 26, 1:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:13 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 8:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 5:01 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 27, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 1:30 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 3:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:55 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 22 min |
| Jul 3, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 11 min |
| Jul 3, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 1:08 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 12, 2:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 7:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 19 min |
| Jul 13, 2:08 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:22 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 14, 6:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 6:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 1:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 15, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 6:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 7:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 4:18 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 19, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 1:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 29, 1:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 29, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 8:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 9:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 6:48 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 2, 7:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 12:52 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 4, 1:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:16 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 8:30 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 1:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:45 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 4:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 12:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 5:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 16, 9:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 7:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 8:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:05 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 56 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:55 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 15 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:54 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 17 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:42 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 27 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:42 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 27 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:40 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:00 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:00 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:50 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 41 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:41 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 12 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:37 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 26 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:00 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 6:14 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 21 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:01 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:58 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | 28 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:49 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | 13 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:57 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:23 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 50 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:40 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 11 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:47 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 26 hr |
| Nov 7, 4:09 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 30 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:11 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | 20 hr |
| Nov 13, 11:29 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 33 hr |
| Nov 13, 11:48 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 29 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:44 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:56 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | 26 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:03 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | 40 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:39 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | 6 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:44 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | 35 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 | 34 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 28 |
| Special Weather Statement | 27 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 8 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 26 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 17 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
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.