Alert archive / Colorado / Kit Carson County

Weather alerts in Kit Carson County, Colorado, 2021

262 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Kit Carson County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
262
Warnings
92
Watches
35
Advisories
24
Busiest month
May69 alerts
Busiest day
May 17, 202112 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 6 tornado warnings covering Kit Carson County in 2021 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Kit Carson County, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings60100%20%
Severe thunderstorm warnings471862%2752%25 min
Flash flood warnings8363%650%57 min

Each office's whole area, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Goodland, KS: tornado warnings441566%5573%18 min
NWS Goodland, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings24110855%36466%27 min
NWS Goodland, KS: flash flood warnings39782%2450%84 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 12, 2:20 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchGLD33 hr
Jan 13, 1:07 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLD13 hr
Jan 13, 1:33 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningGLD63 hr
Jan 13, 2:14 PM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD27 hr
Jan 14, 12:44 PM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD28 hr
Jan 15, 9:18 AM MSTDust Storm WarningGLD2 hr
Jan 15, 11:41 AM MSTDust Storm WarningGLD3 hr
Jan 15, 2:44 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryGLD2 hr
Jan 24, 3:00 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD38 hr
Jan 27, 3:55 AM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryGLD5 hr
Feb 7, 8:10 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD13 hr
Feb 10, 2:05 PM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryGLD19 hr
Feb 11, 2:15 PM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryGLD45 hr
Feb 12, 2:13 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchGLD24 hr
Feb 12, 9:06 PM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryGLD5 hr
Feb 13, 2:05 AM MSTWind Chill WarningGLD3 days
Feb 13, 2:05 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD33 hr
Feb 13, 12:55 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningGLD22 hr
Feb 23, 11:01 AM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD6 hr
Mar 5, 1:42 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLD24 hr
Mar 5, 1:46 PM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD28 hr
Mar 9, 2:09 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLD17 hr
Mar 9, 6:48 PM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD23 hr
Mar 12, 2:39 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD18 hr
Mar 13, 7:27 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementGLD48 min
Mar 26, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD45 min
Mar 27, 2:06 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD23 hr
Mar 28, 12:57 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD31 hr
Mar 28, 1:00 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchGLD25 hr
Apr 6, 7:26 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryGLD52 min
Apr 7, 2:55 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLD15 hr
Apr 7, 3:05 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD11 hr
Apr 7, 2:29 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD28 hr
Apr 14, 2:19 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchGLD12 hr
Apr 15, 2:34 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD33 hr
Apr 19, 1:50 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD13 hr
Apr 24, 2:07 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD24 hr
Apr 24, 6:03 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD3 hr
Apr 24, 1:58 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD12 hr
Apr 24, 1:58 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD29 hr
Apr 25, 2:10 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD42 hr
Apr 27, 11:15 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 27, 11:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 27, 2:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Apr 27, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD57 min
Apr 27, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD38 min
Apr 27, 4:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 27, 4:40 PM MDTTornado WarningGLD35 min
Apr 27, 4:47 PM MDTTornado WarningGLD43 min
Apr 27, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD48 min
Apr 27, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD26 min
Apr 27, 5:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD67 min
Apr 27, 6:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Apr 27, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD67 min
May 2, 11:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 2, 1:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
May 2, 2:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
May 5, 12:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 7, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD25 min
May 7, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
May 7, 8:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD36 min
May 8, 5:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD41 min
May 8, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD77 min
May 14, 1:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 14, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 14, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD31 min
May 14, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD48 min
May 14, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD17 min
May 15, 1:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 15, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 15, 10:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD20 min
May 15, 10:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD51 min
May 16, 4:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
May 16, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD30 min
May 16, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD35 min
May 16, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD61 min
May 16, 5:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD3 hr
May 16, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD62 min
May 16, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD35 min
May 16, 6:56 PM MDTTornado WarningGLD18 min
May 16, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD23 min
May 16, 7:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD35 min
May 16, 7:10 PM MDTTornado WarningGLD35 min
May 16, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD29 min
May 16, 7:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD5 hr
May 16, 7:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD63 min
May 16, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD47 min
May 16, 8:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD4 hr
May 16, 8:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD78 min
May 17, 12:12 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLD6 hr
May 21, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 21, 6:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
May 22, 12:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 22, 4:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 22, 10:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD32 min
May 23, 12:06 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 23, 1:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 23, 4:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 23, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD29 min
May 23, 5:21 PM MDTTornado WarningGLD24 min
May 23, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD26 min
May 23, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD61 min
May 23, 6:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD39 min
May 23, 6:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
May 23, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD50 min
May 23, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD50 min
May 23, 7:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD55 min
May 24, 5:07 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD4 hr
May 24, 12:29 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 24, 9:57 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD7 hr
May 25, 1:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD34 min
May 25, 1:41 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD34 min
May 25, 1:45 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD92 min
May 25, 3:20 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLD3 hr
May 26, 3:42 PM MDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr
May 29, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD25 min
May 29, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD29 min
May 29, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD25 min
May 29, 6:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD48 min
May 29, 7:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD36 min
May 29, 7:34 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLD63 min
May 29, 7:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD65 min
May 30, 1:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Jun 1, 2:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD35 min
Jun 1, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD32 min
Jun 1, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD48 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD25 min
Jun 1, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD23 min
Jun 1, 7:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD31 min
Jun 1, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD30 min
Jun 6, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD16 min
Jun 10, 4:00 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD5 hr
Jun 17, 9:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD34 min
Jun 19, 12:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 19, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 19, 4:00 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 19, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD47 min
Jun 19, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD46 min
Jun 19, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD60 min
Jun 23, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD16 min
Jun 23, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD14 min
Jun 23, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD30 min
Jun 23, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD23 min
Jun 23, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD64 min
Jun 23, 5:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD34 min
Jun 24, 1:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jun 24, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD60 min
Jun 24, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 24, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD16 min
Jun 24, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD15 min
Jun 24, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD16 min
Jun 24, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD16 min
Jun 24, 5:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 24, 5:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD18 min
Jun 24, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD16 min
Jun 24, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD30 min
Jun 24, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD52 min
Jun 25, 1:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 25, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 25, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD43 min
Jun 25, 4:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Jul 3, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 3, 5:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 3, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Jul 3, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD37 min
Jul 4, 8:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD55 min
Jul 4, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD45 min
Jul 8, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD36 min
Jul 9, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD14 min
Jul 9, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Jul 9, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD14 min
Jul 9, 7:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jul 9, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD19 min
Jul 9, 8:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD27 min
Jul 9, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD37 min
Jul 9, 8:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jul 9, 8:56 PM MDTTornado WarningGLD21 min
Jul 10, 1:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD45 min
Jul 15, 10:20 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD11 hr
Jul 16, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD30 min
Jul 16, 5:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD87 min
Jul 16, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD56 min
Jul 16, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD33 min
Jul 16, 6:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD84 min
Jul 16, 7:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD54 min
Jul 16, 8:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD58 min
Jul 17, 10:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD61 min
Jul 17, 11:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD82 min
Jul 18, 12:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD58 min
Jul 18, 12:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD39 min
Jul 25, 5:42 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD3 hr
Jul 25, 1:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD55 min
Jul 25, 1:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD14 min
Jul 25, 1:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD23 min
Jul 25, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD27 min
Jul 26, 5:10 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD86 min
Aug 5, 2:35 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD12 hr
Aug 6, 8:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD22 min
Aug 6, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLD32 min
Aug 7, 1:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Aug 10, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD26 min
Aug 10, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Aug 10, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD31 min
Aug 12, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD37 min
Aug 12, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD29 min
Aug 12, 7:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD3 hr
Aug 12, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD45 min
Aug 12, 7:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD29 min
Aug 15, 1:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD35 min
Aug 19, 12:00 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 19, 1:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 19, 5:17 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC28 min
Aug 21, 11:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD33 min
Aug 21, 11:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD40 min
Aug 22, 12:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD31 min
Aug 22, 12:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD34 min
Aug 26, 1:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD57 min
Aug 26, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD55 min
Aug 26, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD63 min
Aug 26, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD48 min
Aug 31, 3:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD25 min
Sep 1, 8:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD29 min
Sep 1, 8:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Sep 1, 8:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD46 min
Sep 11, 9:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Sep 11, 10:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD32 min
Sep 12, 3:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Sep 12, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD25 min
Sep 12, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD31 min
Sep 12, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD54 min
Sep 12, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD61 min
Sep 12, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD47 min
Sep 12, 6:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Sep 12, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD23 min
Sep 13, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD35 min
Sep 14, 1:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 14, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 15, 3:36 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD5 hr
Sep 20, 10:21 AM MDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryGLD99 min
Oct 8, 3:40 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD23 hr
Oct 8, 1:02 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD29 hr
Oct 12, 3:15 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLD15 hr
Oct 12, 2:46 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Oct 13, 3:00 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryGLD30 hr
Oct 14, 3:22 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryGLD30 hr
Oct 14, 1:45 PM MDTFreeze WarningGLD19 hr
Oct 15, 2:14 PM MDTFreeze WarningGLD18 hr
Oct 17, 10:20 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD7 hr
Oct 23, 8:45 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD8 hr
Oct 25, 1:32 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD28 hr
Oct 26, 2:32 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchGLD9 hr
Oct 26, 12:00 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLD12 hr
Nov 5, 2:35 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD27 hr
Nov 21, 2:27 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLD47 hr
Dec 13, 2:04 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchGLD24 hr
Dec 13, 2:07 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLD29 hr
Dec 14, 1:57 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningGLD41 hr
Dec 14, 7:35 AM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD36 hr
Dec 15, 8:41 AM MSTDust Storm WarningGLD2 hr
Dec 15, 11:07 AM MSTBlowing Dust WarningGLD6 hr
Dec 24, 12:33 PM MSTFire Weather WatchGLD38 hr
Dec 25, 1:15 PM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD28 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.

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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.